[As] I live, says the Lord, verily in [the] place where the king is that made him king, who dishonored My oath, and who broke My covenant, shall he die with him in the midst of Babylon.

And I will spread a net upon him, and he shall be caught in its snare.

Then the nations set upon him from the countries round about, and they spread their nets upon him; he was taken in their pit.

And they put him in chains and in a cage, [and] he came to the king of Babylon; and he cast him into prison, that his voice should not be heard on the mountains of Israel.

Thus says the Lord: I will also cast over you the nets of many nations, and will bring you up with My hook;

Know then that it is the Lord that has troubled [me], and has raised His bulwark against me.

He shall rain upon sinners snares, fire, and brimstone, and a stormy blast [shall be] the portion of their cup.

Fear, and a pit, and a snare, are upon you that dwell on the earth.

And it shall come to pass, [that] he that flees from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that comes up out of the pit shall be caught by the snare; for windows have been opened in heaven, and the foundations of the earth shall be shaken,

They shall come upon you, and you shall not know it, O Babylon, that you will even be taken captive. You are found and taken, because you resisted the Lord.

MEM. He has sent fire from His lofty habitation, He has brought it into my bones: He has spread a net for my feet, He has turned me back: He has made me desolate and mourning all the day.

Fear and wrath have come upon us, suspense and destruction.

Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky, they flew on the mountains, in the wilderness they laid wait for us.

RECHS. The breath of our nostrils, our anointed Lord, was taken in their destructive snares, of whom we said, In His shadow we shall live among the Gentiles.

Whenever they shall go, I will cast My net upon them; I will bring them down as the birds of the sky, I will chasten them with the rumor of their [coming] affliction.

For it will come as a snare on all those who live on the face of the whole earth.

And the force of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was dispersed from about him.

And he killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and brought him to Babylon.

And you shall not escape out of his hand, but shall certainly be taken, and shall be given into his hands; and your eyes shall see his eyes, and you shall enter into Babylon.

[This translation omits this verse.]

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him beyond Jericho. And all his servants were dispersed.

And the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; and he killed all the princes of Judah in Riblah.