Ezekiel 17:12-14

New Catholic Bible

¹² Say now to this rebellious people: Do you not understand what all this means? Say to them: The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and its princes, and brought them back to Babylon with him. ¹³ Then he selected a prince of the royal family and made a covenant with him, binding him under oath, and he deported the leading men of the land ¹⁴ so that the kingdom would be humble and submissive and be able to survive only by keeping his covenant and obeying him.