(This was afterKingJeconiahand the queenmother,the courtofficials,the princesof Judahand Jerusalem,the craftsmenand the smithshad departedfrom Jerusalem.)
Someof your sonswhoshall issuefrom you, whomyou will beget,will be takenaway; and they will becomeofficialsin the palaceof the kingof Babylon.'"
Then he liftedup his faceto the windowand said,"Whois on my side?Who?"And twoor threeofficialslookeddownat him.
Sayto the kingand the queenmother,"Takea lowlyseat,For your beautifulcrownHas comedownfrom your head."
AfterNebuchadnezzarkingof Babylonhad carriedawaycaptiveJeconiahthe sonof Jehoiakim,kingof Judah,and the officialsof Judahwith the craftsmenand smithsfrom Jerusalemand had broughtthem to Babylon,the LORDshowedme: behold,twobasketsof figssetbeforethe templeof the LORD!
whichNebuchadnezzarkingof Babylondid not takewhen he carriedinto exileJeconiahthe sonof Jehoiakim,kingof Judah,from Jerusalemto Babylon,and allthe noblesof Judahand Jerusalem.
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.'"
"You, therefore, hearthe wordof the LORD,allyou exiles,whomI have sentawayfrom Jerusalemto Babylon.
But Ebed-melechthe Ethiopian,a eunuch,while he was in the king'spalace,heardthat they had putJeremiahinto the cistern.Now the kingwas sittingin the Gateof Benjamin;
Now noblacksmithcould be foundin allthe landof Israel,for the Philistinessaid,"Otherwisethe Hebrewswill makeswordsorspears."
