23. Those who live in the palacepanelled with cedarwill groan with painlike women giving birth.
24. King Jehoiachin, son of Jehoiakim, even if you were the ring I wear as the sign of my royal power, I would still pull you from my finger.
25. I would hand you over to the enemy you fear, to King Nebuchadnezzar and his army, who want to kill you.
26. You and your mother were born in Judah, but I will throw both of you into a foreign country, where you will die,
27. longing to return home.
28. Jehoiachin, you are unwantedlike a broken clay pot.So you and your childrenwill be thrown into a countryyou know nothing about.
29. Land of Judah, I am the Lord.Now listen to what I say!
30. Erase the namesof Jehoiachin's childrenfrom the royal records.He is a complete failure,and so none of themwill ever be king.I, the Lord, have spoken.