Ezekiel 17:10-12

New International Version - UK

¹⁰ It has been planted, but will it thrive? Will it not wither completely when the east wind strikes it – wither away in the plot where it grew?”’

¹¹ Then the word of the Lord came to me: ¹² ‘Say to this rebellious people, “Do you not know what these things mean?” Say to them: “The king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and carried off her king and her nobles, bringing them back with him to Babylon.