Ezekiel 17:11-18

¹¹Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ¹²“Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Say, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and leaders, and brought them to him in Babylon. ¹³Then he took one of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. He also took away the mighty of the land, ¹⁴so that the kingdom would be humbled, not exalting itself, but keeping his covenant so that it might continue. ¹⁵But he revolted against him by sending his messengers to Egypt so that they might give him horses and many troops. Will he succeed? Will he who does these things escape? Can he indeed break the covenant and escape? ¹⁶As I live,’ declares the Lord God, ‘In the country of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke, in Babylon he shall certainly die. ¹⁷Pharaoh with his mighty army and great contingent will not help him in the war, when they pile up assault ramps and build siege walls to eliminate many lives. ¹⁸Now he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and behold, he pledged his allegiance, yet did all these things; he shall not escape.’ ”