Then nationsheardabouthim; He was capturedin their pit,And they broughthim with hooksTo the landof Egypt.
Jehoahazwas twenty-threeyearsoldwhen he becameking,and he reignedthreemonthsin Jerusalem;and his mother'snamewas Hamutalthe daughterof Jeremiahof Libnah.
The kingof EgyptmadeEliakimhis brotherkingoverJudahand Jerusalem,and changedhis nameto Jehoiakim.But NecotookJoahazhis brotherand broughthim to Egypt.
Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babyloncameup againsthim and boundhim with bronze[chains] to takehim to Babylon.
Thereforethussaysthe LORDin regardto Jehoiakimthe sonof Josiah,kingof Judah,"They will not lamentfor him: 'Alas,my brother!'or, 'Alas,sister!'They will not lamentfor him: 'Alasfor the master!'or, 'Alasfor his splendor!'
When she broughtup oneof her cubs,He becamea lion,And he learnedto tear[his] prey;He devouredmen.
When she saw,as she waited,[That] her hopewas lost,She tookanotherof her cubsAnd madehim a younglion.
