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14 That the kingdom may be humble, That it may not lift itself up, To keep his covenant -- that it may stand.

15 And he rebelleth against him, To send his messengers to Egypt, To give to him horses, and much people, Doth he prosper? doth he escape who is doing these things? And hath he broken covenant and escaped?

16 I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Doth he not -- in the place of the king who is causing him to reign, Whose oath he hath despised, And whose covenant he hath broken, With him -- in the midst of Babylon -- die?

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14 so that the kingdom would be brought low,(A) unable to rise again, surviving only by keeping his treaty. 15 But the king rebelled(B) against him by sending his envoys to Egypt(C) to get horses and a large army.(D) Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the treaty and yet escape?(E)

16 “‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, he shall die(F) in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose treaty he broke.(G)

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