Jeremiah 22:24-30

New International Version

²⁴“As surely as I live,” declares the Lord, “even if you, Jehoiachin^[a]^(A) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring^(B) on my right hand, I would still pull you off. ²⁵I will deliver^(C) you into the hands of those who want to kill you, those you fear—Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Babylonians.^[b] ²⁶I will hurl^(D) you and the mother^(E) who gave you birth into another country, where neither of you was born, and there you both will die. ²⁷You will never come back to the land you long to return^(F) to.”

²⁸Is this man Jehoiachin^(G) a despised, broken pot,^(H)
    an object no one wants?
Why will he and his children be hurled^(I) out,
    cast into a land^(J) they do not know?
²⁹O land,^(K) land, land,
    hear the word of the Lord!
³⁰This is what the Lord says:
“Record this man as if childless,^(L)
    a man who will not prosper^(M) in his lifetime,
for none of his offspring^(N) will prosper,
    none will sit on the throne^(O) of David
    or rule anymore in Judah.”

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 22:24 Hebrew Koniah, a variant of Jehoiachin; also in verse 28
Jeremiah 22:25 Or Chaldeans

2 Kings 24:1-10

New International Version

24 During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar^(A) king of Babylon invaded^(B) the land, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. But then he turned against Nebuchadnezzar and rebelled.^(C) ²The Lord sent Babylonian,^[a]^(D) Aramean,^(E) Moabite and Ammonite raiders^(F) against him to destroy^(G) Judah, in accordance with the word of the Lord proclaimed by his servants the prophets.^(H) ³Surely these things happened to Judah according to the Lord’s command,^(I) in order to remove them from his presence^(J) because of the sins of Manasseh^(K) and all he had done, ⁴including the shedding of innocent blood.^(L) For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.^(M)

⁵As for the other events of Jehoiakim’s reign,^(N) and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? ⁶Jehoiakim rested^(O) with his ancestors. And Jehoiachin^(P) his son succeeded him as king.

⁷The king of Egypt^(Q) did not march out from his own country again, because the king of Babylon^(R) had taken all his territory, from the Wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

Jehoiachin King of Judah^(S)

⁸Jehoiachin^(T) was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta^(U) daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem. ⁹He did evil^(V) in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father had done.

¹⁰At that time the officers of Nebuchadnezzar^(W) king of Babylon advanced on Jerusalem and laid siege to it,

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