^{24 Ref} I live -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Though Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah Were a seal on My right hand, Surely thence I draw thee away,

^{25 Ref} And I have given thee into the hand of those seeking thy life, And into hands of which thou art afraid, Into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of the Chaldeans.

^{26 Ref} And I have cast thee, And thy mother who bore thee, unto another country, Where ye were not born, and there do ye die.

^{27 Ref} And to the land whither they are lifting up their soul to return, Thither they do not return.

^{28 Ref} A grief -- a despised broken thing -- is this man Coniah? A vessel in which there is no pleasure? Wherefore have they been cast up and down, He and his seed, Yea, they were cast on to a land that they knew not?

^{29 Ref} Earth, earth, earth, hear a word of Jehovah,

^{30 Ref} Thus said Jehovah: Write ye this man childless, A man -- he doth not prosper in his days, For none of his seed doth prosper, Sitting on the throne of David, And ruling again in Judah!