Ezekiel 17:12-14

Amplified Bible

¹² “Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Do you not know (realize) what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Hear this, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and took its king [Jehoiachin] and its princes and brought them with him to Babylon.^{(A) 13} And he took a member of the royal family [the king’s uncle, Zedekiah] and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. He also took the important leaders of the land,^{(B) 14} so that the kingdom would be in subjection, unable to restore itself and rise again, but that by keeping his covenant it might continue.