"As surely as I am the living God," says the Sovereign LORD, "this king will die in Babylonia because he broke his oath and the treaty he had made with the king of Babylonia, who put him on the throne.

I will spread out a hunter's net and catch him in it. I will take him to Babylonia and punish him there, because he was unfaithful to me.

The nations gathered to fight him; people came from everywhere. They spread their hunting nets and caught him in their trap.

They put him in a cage and took him to the king of Babylonia. They kept him under guard, so that his roar would never be heard again on the hills of Israel.

When many nations gather, I will catch you in my net and let them drag the net ashore.

Can't you see it is God who has done this? He has set a trap to catch me.

He sends down flaming coals and burning sulfur on the wicked; he punishes them with scorching winds.

Listen to me, everyone! There are terrors, pits, and traps waiting for you.

Anyone who tries to escape from the terror will fall in a pit, and anyone who escapes from the pit will be caught in a trap. Torrents of rain will pour from the sky, and earth's foundations will shake.

Babylonia, you fought against me, and you have been caught in the trap I set for you, even though you did not know it.

"He sent fire from above, a fire that burned inside me. He set a trap for me and brought me to the ground. Then he abandoned me and left me in constant pain.

We have been through disaster and ruin; we live in danger and fear.

Swifter than eagles swooping from the sky, they chased us down. They tracked us down in the hills; they took us by surprise in the desert.

They captured the source of our life, the king the LORD had chosen, the one we had trusted to protect us from every invader.

But I will spread out a net and catch them like birds as they go by. I will punish them for the evil they have done.

like a trap. For it will come upon all people everywhere on earth.

But the Babylonian army pursued King Zedekiah, captured him in the plains near Jericho, and all his soldiers deserted him.

While Zedekiah was looking on, his sons were put to death; then Nebuchadnezzar had Zedekiah's eyes put out, placed him in chains, and took him to Babylon.

You will not escape; you will be captured and handed over to him. You will see him face-to-face and talk to him in person; then you will go to Babylonia.

After that, he had Zedekiah's eyes put out and had him placed in chains to be taken to Babylonia.

But the Babylonian army pursued King Zedekiah, captured him in the plains near Jericho, and all his soldiers deserted him.

At Riblah he put Zedekiah's sons to death while Zedekiah was looking on and he also had the officials of Judah executed.