²⁴ “As surely as I live,” declares the Lord, “even if you, Jehoiachin^[a](A) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring^(B) on my right hand, I would still pull you off. ²⁵ I will deliver^(C) you into the hands of those who want to kill you, those you fear—Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Babylonians.^{[b] 26} I will hurl^(D) you and the mother^(E) who gave you birth into another country, where neither of you was born, and there you both will die. ²⁷ You will never come back to the land you long to return^(F) to.”

⁸ “‘But I will spare some, for some of you will escape^(A) the sword when you are scattered among the lands and nations.^(B)

²⁷ Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: