Jeremiah 37:4–11

⁴Now Jeremiah ⁱcame in and went out among the people: ^kfor they had not put him into prison. ⁵Then ^lPharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, ^mthey departed from Jerusalem.

⁶Then came the word of the Lord unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying, ⁷Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, ⁿthat sent you unto me to inquire of me; Behold, ^oPharaoh’s army, which is come forth to help you, ^oshall return to Egypt into their own land. ⁸And ^pthe Chaldeans shall come again, and ^pfight against this city, and ^ptake it, and ^prburn it with fire. ⁹Thus saith the Lord; Deceive not ^†yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. ^10qFor though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but ^†wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and ^rburn this city with fire.

¹¹And it came to pass, that ^swhen the army of the Chaldeans was ^†broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,