Ezekiel 17:11-18

11Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

12“Say now to the 1rebellious house, ‘Do you not 2know what these things mean?’ Say, ‘Behold, the 3king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and princes and brought them to him in Babylon.

13He took one of the royal 45family and made a covenant with him, 6putting him under 7oath. He also took away the 8mighty of the land,

14that the kingdom might 9be 10in subjection, not exalting itself, but keeping his covenant that it might continue.

15But he 11rebelled against him by sending his envoys to Egypt that they might give him horses and many 12troops. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things 13escape? Can he indeed break the covenant and escape?

16As I live,’ declares the Lord God, ‘Surely in the 14country of the king who 15put him on the throne, whose oath he 16despised and whose covenant he broke, 1718in Babylon he shall die.

1719Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not 20help him in the war, when they cast up ramps and build siege walls to cut off many lives.

18Now he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and behold, he 2122pledged his allegiance, yet did all these things; he shall not escape.’”