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19 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will certainly repay him[a] for despising my oath and breaking my covenant! 20 I will throw my net over him and he will be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylon and judge him there because of the unfaithfulness he committed against me. 21 All the choice men[b] among his troops will die[c] by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken!

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 17:19 tn Heb “place it on his head.”
  2. Ezekiel 17:21 tc Some manuscripts and versions read “choice men,” while most manuscripts read “fugitives”; the difference arises from the reversal, or metathesis, of two letters, מִבְרָחָיו (mivrakhayv) for מִבְחָריו (mivkharayv).
  3. Ezekiel 17:21 tn Heb “fall.”