11 Then Yahweh gave me another message: 12 “Ask those rebellious people, ‘Don’t you know what those things mean? Listen, the king of Bavel (Babylon) came to Yerushalem (Jerusalem) and captured its king and its princes and took them with him to Bavel.[ref] 13 Then he took a member of the royal family, made an agreement with him—forcing him to make various commitments. Then he took away the country’s former powerful people, 14 so the kingdom would remain subjected and not be able to become powerful again. However, by keeping the agreement, the country would at least survive. 15 But the king of Yerushalem rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Mitsrayim (Egypt) to acquire horses and an army. Will he succeed? Will the one doing these things escape? If he breaks the agreement, will he survive? 16 This is the master Yahweh’s declaration: As I live, he’ll definitely die in the land of the king who made him king, the king whose promises he despised, and whose agreement he broke. He’ll die in the middle of Bavel. 17 Mitsrayim’s Par’oh (Pharaoh) with his mighty army and huge horde won’t help him in battle, when ramps are constructed and siege walls are built up to cut off many lives, 18 because the king despised his promise by breaking the agreement. Wow, he reached out to make a promise, and yet afterwards he did all those things. He won’t escape. 19 Therefore the master Yahweh says this: ‘As I live, wasn’t it my promise that he despised and my agreement that he broke? Therefore I’ll cause him to be punished for what he did. 20 I’ll spread my net out over him, and he’ll be caught in my trap, and I’ll take him to Bavel and handle his judgement there for the treason he committed when he betrayed me. 21 All of his refugees in his armies will be killed by the sword, and the ones who remain will be scattered in every direction. Then you people will know that I am Yahweh, because I’ve declared that that will happen.”