Ezekiel 17:12-14

Contemporary English Version

^12 (A) Ezekiel, ask the rebellious people of Israel if they know what this story means.

Tell them that the king of Babylonia came to Jerusalem, then he captured the king of Judah^[a] and his officials, and took them back to Babylon as prisoners. ¹³ He chose someone from the family of Judah's king^[b] and signed a treaty with him, then made him swear to be loyal. He also led away other important citizens, ¹⁴ so that the rest of the people of Judah would obey only him and never gain control of their own country again.