10. "Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God: "This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel among whom they are."'

11. "Say, 'I am your sign. As I have done, so will it be done to them. They will go into exile, into captivity.

12. "'The prince who is among them will bear on his shoulder in the dark, and will go out. They will dig through the wall to carry things out that way. He will cover his face, because he will not see the land with his eyes.

13. I will also spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, though he will die there.

14. I will scatter toward every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his bands. I will draw out the sword after them.

15. "'They will know that I am the LORD when I disperse them among the nations, and scatter them through the countries.

16. But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they come. Then they will know that I am The LORD.'"

12. "Say now to the rebellious house, 'Don't you know what these things mean?' Tell them, 'Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon.

13. He took some of the royal offspring, and made a covenant with him. He also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;

14. that the kingdom might be brought low, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.

15. But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the covenant, and still escape?

16. "'As I live,' says the Lord God, 'surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the middle of Babylon he will die.

17. Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company won't help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons.

18. For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things. He won't escape.

19. "Therefore thus says the Lord God: 'As I live, I will surely bring on his own head my oath that he has despised and my covenant that he has broken.

20. I will spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.

21. All his fugitives in all his bands will fall by the sword, and those who remain will be scattered toward every wind. Then you will know that I, The LORD, have spoken it.'