As a result, Jehovah passed judgment on him in these words: “As surely as I am alive,... [ Zedekiah] will die in Babylon, in the place where the king who made him king lives, the one whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke. ” ​ — Ezek. 17: 16.
Seepärast ütles Jehoova tema kohta: „Nii tõesti, kui ma elan,... ta sureb Babülonis, seal, kus elab kuningas, kes tegi ta kuningaks ning kelle vannet ta põlgas ja kelle lepingut ta murdis. ”