2Ki 18:20, 24:1, 2Ch 36:13, Ezr 4:15, 19, Jer 52:3, Eze 17:12-21 | ESV | STEP | Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war ? In whom do you now trust , that you have rebelled against me?

2 Kings 18:20

20 Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? In whom do you now trust, that you have rebelled against me?

2 Kings 24:1

1 ^aIn his days, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.

2 Chronicles 36:13

13 ^bHe also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. ^cHe stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord, the God of Israel.

Ezra 4:15

15 in order that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will find in the book of the records and learn that this city is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it from of old. That was why this city was laid waste.

Ezra 4:19

19 And I made a decree, and search has been made, and it has been found that this city from of old has risen against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made in it.

Jeremiah 52:3

3 For because of the anger of the Lord it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he cast them out from his presence.

And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Ezekiel 17:12-21

12 “Say now to ^dthe rebellious house, ^eDo you not know what these things mean? Tell them, behold, ^fthe king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took her king and her princes and brought them to him to Babylon. 13 ^gAnd he took one of the royal offspring ^{▼▼Hebrew seed} ⁱand made a covenant with him, ^jputting him under oath ( ^kthe chief men of the land he had taken away), 14 that the kingdom might be humble and not lift itself up, and keep his covenant that it might stand. 15 ^lBut he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors ^mto Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. ⁿWill he thrive? Can one escape who does such things? Can he ^obreak the covenant and yet escape?

16 ^p“As I live, declares the Lord God, surely ^qin the place where the king dwells ^rwho made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant with him he broke, in Babylon he shall die. 17 ^sPharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in war, ^twhen mounds are cast up and siege walls built to cut off many lives. 18 He despised the oath in breaking the covenant, and behold, he gave his hand and did all these things; he shall not escape. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: As I live, surely it is my oath that he despised, and my covenant that he broke. I will return it upon his head. 20 ^uI will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon ^vand enter into judgment with him there ^wfor the treachery he has committed against me. 21 And all the pick ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, Targum; most Hebrew manuscripts all the fugitives} of his troops shall fall by the sword, ^yand the survivors shall be scattered to every wind, and you shall know that ^zI am the Lord; I have spoken.”