18 He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. He did all these things even though he gave his hand in pledge. He will not escape! ”
19 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “As I live, I will bring down on his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.
20 I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment on him there for the treachery he committed against Me.
21 All the fugitives among his troops will fall by the sword, and those who survive will be scattered to every direction of the wind. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken.”
22 This is what the Lord God says:I will take a sprigfrom the lofty top of the cedar and plant it. I will pluck a tender sprigfrom its topmost shoots,and I will plant iton a high towering mountain.
23 I will plant it on Israel’s high mountain so that it may bear branches, produce fruit,and become a majestic cedar.Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.
24 Then all the trees of the field will knowthat I am Yahweh.I bring down the tall tree,and make the low tree tall. I cause the green tree to witherand make the withered tree thrive. I, Yahweh, have spokenand I will do it.