"I will hurlyou and your motherwhoboreyou into anothercountrywhereyou were not born,and thereyou will die.
So he ledJehoiachinawayinto exileto Babylon;also the king'smotherand the king'swivesand his officialsand the leadingmenof the land,he ledaway into exilefrom Jerusalemto Babylon.
Jehoiachinwas eighteenyearsoldwhen he becameking,and he reignedthreemonthsin Jerusalem;and his mother'sname[was] Nehushtathe daughterof Elnathanof Jerusalem.
Now it cameabout in the thirty-seventhyearof the exileof Jehoiachinkingof Judah,in the twelfthmonth,on the twenty-seventh[day] of the month,that Evil-merodachkingof Babylon,in the yearthat he becameking,releasedJehoiachinkingof Judahfrom prison;
Jehoiachin changedhis prisonclothesand hadhis mealsin the king's presenceregularlyallthe daysof his life;
and for his allowance,a regularallowancewas givenhim by the king,a portionfor eachday,allthe daysof his life.
Behold,the LORDis about to hurlyou headlong,O man.And He is about to graspyou firmly
For thussaysthe LORD,"Behold,I am slingingout the inhabitantsof the landAt thistime,And will causethem distress,That they may be found."
Sayto the kingand the queenmother,"Takea lowlyseat,For your beautifulcrownHas comedownfrom your head."
So I will hurlyou out of thislandinto the landwhichyou have not known,neither you noryour fathers;and thereyou will serveothergodsdayand night,for I will grantyou nofavor.'
"But as for the landto whichthey desireto return,they will not returnto it.
I am also going to bringbackto thisplaceJeconiahthe sonof Jehoiakim,kingof Judah,and allthe exilesof Judahwho wentto Babylon,'declaresthe LORD,'for I will breakthe yokeof the kingof Babylon.'"
(This was afterKingJeconiahand the queenmother,the courtofficials,the princesof Judahand Jerusalem,the craftsmenand the smithshad departedfrom Jerusalem.)
So there will be norefugeesor survivorsfor the remnantof Judahwho have enteredthe landof Egyptto residethereand then to returnto the landof Judah,to whichthey are longingto returnand live;for nonewill returnexcept[a few] refugees.'"
