13 And even against King Neb·u·chad·nezʹzar he rebelled,+ who had made him swear by God;+ and he kept stiffening+ his neck and hardening+ his heart so as not to return to Jehovah the God of Israel.

13 Furthermore, he took one of the royal seed+ and concluded* a covenant with him and brought him into an oath;+ and the foremost men of the land he took away,+