Ezekiel 17:12-14

The Voice

Eternal One: ¹² Ask this rebellious crowd if they know what these stories represent. Give them this explanation: Remember how Babylon’s king swooped into Jerusalem like an eagle and took its young king and national leaders back to Babylon. ¹³ He replaced that young king with a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, making the new king swear an oath of loyalty. Babylon’s king also ordered all the remaining leaders of Judah taken into exile ¹⁴ so that the kingdom would remain weak and lowly, not able to rise up against him, and survive only by following the provisions of his covenant.