17:16 “‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, surely in the city 3 of the king who crowned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke – in the middle of Babylon he will die!
17:19 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will certainly repay him 4 for despising my oath and breaking my covenant!
1 tn Or “descendants”; Heb “seed” (cf. v. 5).
2 tn Heb “caused him to enter into an oath.”
3 tn Heb “place.”
4 tn Heb “place it on his head.”