^24 (A)“As I live, declares the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were ^(B)the signet ring on my right hand, yet I would tear you off

Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah

37 ^(A)Zedekiah the son of Josiah, ^(B)whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah, reigned instead of ^(C)Coniah the son of Jehoiakim.

²³ On that day, declares the Lord of hosts, I will take you, O ^(A)Zerubbabel ^(B)my servant, the son of ^(C)Shealtiel, declares the Lord, and make you ^(D)like a^[a] signet ring, ^(E)for I have chosen you, declares the Lord of hosts.”

¹⁶ The descendants of ^(A)Jehoiakim: ^(B)Jeconiah his son, ^(C)Zedekiah his son;

⁶ So Jehoiakim ^(A)slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place. ^7 (B)And the king of Egypt did not come again out of his land, ^(C)for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt ^(D)from the Brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates.

Jehoiachin Reigns in Judah

^8 (E)Jehoiachin was ^(F)eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.