26 (A)So I will cast you out, and your mother who bore you, into another country where you were not born; and there you shall die.

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26 I will hurl(A) you and the mother(B) who gave you birth into another country, where neither of you was born, and there you both will die.

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15 And (A)he carried Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. The king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the mighty of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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15 Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin(A) captive to Babylon. He also took from Jerusalem to Babylon the king’s mother,(B) his wives, his officials and the prominent people(C) of the land.

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And it shall be, if they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ then you shall tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord:

(A)“Such as are for death, to death;
And such as are for the sword, to the sword;
And such as are for the famine, to the famine;
And such as are for the (B)captivity, to the captivity.” ’

“And I will (C)appoint over them four forms of destruction,” says the Lord: “the sword to slay, the dogs to drag, (D)the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. I will hand them over to (E)trouble, to all kingdoms of the earth, because of (F)Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.

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And if they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘Those destined for death, to death;
those for the sword, to the sword;(A)
those for starvation, to starvation;(B)
those for captivity, to captivity.’(C)

“I will send four kinds of destroyers(D) against them,” declares the Lord, “the sword(E) to kill and the dogs(F) to drag away and the birds(G) and the wild animals to devour and destroy.(H) I will make them abhorrent(I) to all the kingdoms of the earth(J) because of what Manasseh(K) son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.

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17 Indeed, the Lord will throw you away violently,
O mighty man,
(A)And will surely seize you.

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17 “Beware, the Lord is about to take firm hold of you
    and hurl(A) you away, you mighty man.

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The Reign and Captivity of Jehoiachin(A)

(B)Jehoiachin[a] was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 24:8 Jeconiah, 1 Chr. 3:16; Jer. 24:1; or Coniah, Jer. 22:24, 28

Jehoiachin King of Judah(A)

Jehoiachin(B) was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta(C) daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.

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(A)They put him in a cage with [a]chains,
And brought him to the king of Babylon;
They brought him in nets,
That his voice should no longer be heard on (B)the mountains of Israel.

10 ‘Your mother was (C)like a vine in your [b]bloodline,
Planted by the waters,
(D)Fruitful and full of branches
Because of many waters.
11 She had strong branches for scepters of rulers.
(E)She towered in stature above the thick branches,
And was seen in her height amid the [c]dense foliage.
12 But she was (F)plucked up in fury,
She was cast down to the ground,
And the (G)east wind dried her fruit.
Her strong branches were broken and withered;
The fire consumed them.
13 And now she is planted in the wilderness,
In a dry and thirsty land.
14 (H)Fire has come out from a rod of her branches
And devoured her fruit,
So that she has no strong branch—a scepter for ruling.’ ”

(I)This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:9 Or hooks
  2. Ezekiel 19:10 Lit. blood, so with MT, Syr., Vg.; LXX like a flower on a pomegranate tree; Tg. in your likeness
  3. Ezekiel 19:11 Or many branches

With hooks(A) they pulled him into a cage
    and brought him to the king of Babylon.(B)
They put him in prison,
    so his roar(C) was heard no longer
    on the mountains of Israel.(D)

10 “‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard[a](E)
    planted by the water;(F)
it was fruitful and full of branches
    because of abundant water.(G)
11 Its branches were strong,
    fit for a ruler’s scepter.
It towered high
    above the thick foliage,
conspicuous for its height
    and for its many branches.(H)
12 But it was uprooted(I) in fury
    and thrown to the ground.
The east wind(J) made it shrivel,
    it was stripped of its fruit;
its strong branches withered
    and fire consumed them.(K)
13 Now it is planted in the desert,(L)
    in a dry and thirsty land.(M)
14 Fire spread from one of its main[b] branches
    and consumed(N) its fruit.
No strong branch is left on it
    fit for a ruler’s scepter.’(O)

“This is a lament(P) and is to be used as a lament.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:10 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts your blood
  2. Ezekiel 19:14 Or from under its

The Reign and Captivity of Jehoiachin(A)

(B)Jehoiachin was [a]eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord. 10 At the turn of the year (C)King Nebuchadnezzar summoned him and took him to Babylon, (D)with the costly articles from the house of the Lord, and made (E)Zedekiah,[b] [c]Jehoiakim’s brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:9 Heb. mss., LXX, Syr. eighteen and 2 Kin. 24:8
  2. 2 Chronicles 36:10 Or Mattaniah
  3. 2 Chronicles 36:10 Lit. his brother, 2 Kin. 24:17

Jehoiachin King of Judah(A)

Jehoiachin(B) was eighteen[a] years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. 10 In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon,(C) together with articles of value from the temple of the Lord, and he made Jehoiachin’s uncle,[b] Zedekiah, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:9 One Hebrew manuscript, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 24:8); most Hebrew manuscripts eight
  2. 2 Chronicles 36:10 Hebrew brother, that is, relative (see 2 Kings 24:17)