^{13 Ref} and he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;

^{14 Ref} that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.

^{15 Ref} But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape who does such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?

^{16 Ref} As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.