Jeremiah 22:23-25

GOD’S WORD Translation

²³You live in Lebanon and have your nest in the cedars.
But you will groan when pain strikes you,
pain like a woman giving birth to a child.

²⁴“As I live,” declares the Lord, “even though you, Jehoiakin,^[a] son of Judah’s King Jehoiakim, are the signet ring on my right hand, I will pull you off my hand. ²⁵I will hand you over to those who want to kill you, those you fear—King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and the Babylonians.

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