10. “See, it is planted, is it going to thrive? Would it not utterly wither when the east wind touches it – wither in the beds where it grows?” ’ ”
11. And the word of יהוה came to me, saying,
12. “Please say to the rebellious house, ‘Do you not know what these mean?’ Say, ‘See, the sovereign of Baḇel went to Yerushalayim and took its sovereign and heads, and brought them with him to Baḇel.
13. ‘And he took one of the royal seed, and made a covenant with him, and put him under oath. And he took away the mighty of the land,