¹⁴ so that the kingdom would be humble and not exalt itself^(A) but would keep his covenant in order to endure. ¹⁵ However, this king revolted against him^(B) by sending his ambassadors to Egypt so they might give him horses and a large army.^(C) Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and still escape?

¹⁶ “‘As I live—this is the declaration of the Lord God—he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne,^(D) whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.