5 Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt,h and when the Chaldeans, who were besieging Jerusalem, heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

6 The word of the Lord came to the prophet Jeremiah: 7 “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: This is what you will say to Judah’s king,i who is sending you to inquire of me: ‘Watch: Pharaoh’s army, which has come out to help you,j is going to return to its own land of Egypt.