Jeremiah 37:4–11

⁴Jeremiah was going about his daily tasks ^kamong the people, for they had not yet put him into the prison. ^l5Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, ^mand when the Chaldeans, who were besieging Jerusalem, heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

⁶The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet: ⁷“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: This is what you will say to Judah’s king, ⁿwho is sending you to inquire of Me: Watch: Pharaoh’s army, which has come out to help you, ^ois going to return to its own land of Egypt. ⁸The Chaldeans will then return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down. ^p9This is what the Lord says: Don’t deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will leave us for good,’ for they will not leave. ¹⁰Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire Chaldean army that is fighting with you, ^qand there remained among them only the badly wounded ^rmen, each in his tent, they would get up and burn this city down.”

Jeremiah’s Imprisonment

¹¹When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh’s army,