18 If they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is with them, then (A)let them intercede with the Lord of hosts, (B)that the vessels that are left in the house of the Lord, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem may not go to Babylon. 19 (C)For thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the pillars, the sea, the stands, and the rest of the vessels that are left in this city, 20 which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take away, (D)when he took into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem— 21 thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, (E)concerning the vessels that are left in the house of the Lord, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem: 22 (F)They shall be carried to Babylon (G)and remain there (H)until the day when I visit them, declares the Lord. (I)Then I will bring them back (J)and restore them to this place.”

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