Jeremiah 37:3–10

³And king Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,^a “Please pray for us to Yahweh our God.” ⁴Now Jeremiah was coming and going out in the midst of the people and they had not put him in the house of imprisonment. ⁵And the army of Pharaoh had come out from Egypt, and the Chaldeans, who were laying siege to Jerusalem, heard their report and they withdrew from Jerusalem.

⁶And the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,^{b 7}“Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘This is what you shall say to the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me, “Look, the army of Pharaoh, which set out to help you, is going to return to his land Egypt. ⁸And the Chaldeans will return, and they will fight against this city, and they will capture it, and they will burn it with fire.” ’ ⁹Thus says Yahweh: ‘You must not deceive yourselves, saying,^c “Surely the Chaldeans will go from us,” for they will not go. ¹⁰For even if you struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and only men pierced through remained among them, each one in his tent, they would rise up and they would burn this city with fire.’ ”