12 (A)Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he and his mother and his servants and his captains and his officials. So (B)the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign. 13 (C)He carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and (D)cut in pieces all the vessels of gold (E)which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, just as the Lord had said. 14 Then (F)he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, (G)ten thousand captives, and (H)all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained (I)except the poorest people of the land.

15 So (J)he led Jehoiachin away into exile to Babylon; also the king’s mother and the king’s wives and his officials and the leading men of the land, he led away into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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30 “Thus says the Lord,

‘Write this man down (A)childless,
A man who will (B)not prosper in his days;
For no man of his (C)descendants will prosper
Sitting on the throne of David
Or ruling again in Judah.’”

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