²⁷ But to the land on which their soul's desire is fixed, they will never come back.

¹⁴ So that not one of the rest of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt and are living there, will get away or keep his life, to come back to the land of Judah where they are hoping to come back and be living again: for not one will come back, but only those who are able to get away.

²⁷ And in the thirty-seventh year after Jehoiachin, king of Judah, had been taken prisoner, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in the first year of his rule, took Jehoiachin, king of Judah, out of prison;

²⁸ And said kind words to him, and put his seat higher than the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

²⁹ And his prison clothing was changed, and he was a guest at the king's table every day for the rest of his life.

³⁰ And for his food, the king gave him a regular amount every day for the rest of his life.

⁴ Make glad the soul of your servant; for it is lifted up to you, O Lord.

¹¹ For this is what the Lord has said about Shallum, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who became king in place of Josiah his father, who went out from this place: He will never come back there again:

³¹ And in the thirty-seventh year after Jehoiachin, king of Judah, had been taken prisoner, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in the first year after he became king, took Jehoiachin, king of Judah, out of prison.

³² And he said kind words to him and put his seat higher than the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

³³ And his prison clothing was changed, and he was a guest at the king's table every day for the rest of his life.

³⁴ And for his food, the king gave him a regular amount every day till the day of his death, for the rest of his life.