Ezekiel 17:12-14

12“Say to the rebellious house of Israel: ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ Say: ‘See here, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and took her king and her officials prisoner and brought them to himself in Babylon.

13He took one from the royal family, made a treaty with him, and put him under oath. He then took the leaders of the land

14so it would be a lowly kingdom which could not rise on its own but must keep its treaty with him in order to stand.