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

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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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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

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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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)

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