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.

¹² Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his attendants, his nobles and his officials all surrendered^(A) to him.

In the eighth year of the reign of the king of Babylon, he took Jehoiachin prisoner.

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.

¹⁹ His prayer and how God was moved by his entreaty, as well as all his sins and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled^(A) himself—all these are written in the records of the seers.^[a](B)

¹² In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled^(A) himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.

⁶ Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.^(A)

¹⁰ Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.^(A)

⁴ Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.^(A)

⁶ When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.^(A)