¹Now ^aZedekiah the son of Josiah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had ^bmade king in the land of Judah, reigned as king in place of ^cConiah the son of Jehoiakim.

²But ^aneither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of Yahweh which He spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.

³Yet ^aKing Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and ^bZephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “^cPlease pray to Yahweh our God on our behalf.”

⁴Now Jeremiah was still coming in and going out among the people; they had not yet ^aput him in the prison.

⁵Meanwhile, ^aPharaoh’s military force had come out from Egypt; and the Chaldeans who had been besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them. So they ^bwithdrew from Jerusalem.

⁶Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

⁷“Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘^aThus you are to say to the king of Judah, who sent you to Me to inquire of Me: “Behold, ^bthe military force of Pharaoh which has come out for your assistance is going to return to its own land of Egypt.

⁸“The Chaldeans will also ^areturn and fight against this city, and they will capture it and burn it with fire.” ’

⁹“Thus says Yahweh, ‘Do not ^adeceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely go away from us,” for they will not go.

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Cross references

a 2 Kin 24:17; 1 Chr 3:15; 2 Chr 36:10
b Ezek 17:12–21
c 2 Kin 24:12; 1 Chr 3:16; 2 Chr 36:9, 10; Jer 22:24, 28; 24:1; 52:31
a 2 Kin 24:19, 20; 2 Chr 36:12–16; Prov 29:12
a Jer 21:1, 2
b Jer 29:25; 52:24
c 1 Kin 13:6; Jer 2:27; 15:11; 21:1, 2; 42:1–4, 20; Acts 8:24
a Jer 32:2, 3; 37:15
a 2 Kin 24:7; Jer 37:7; Ezek 17:15
b Jer 37:11
a 2 Kin 22:18; Jer 21:1, 2; 37:3
b Is 30:1–3; 31:1–3; Jer 2:18, 36; Lam 4:17; Ezek 17:17
a Jer 34:22; 38:23; 39:2–8
a Jer 29:8; Obad 3; Matt 24:4, 5; Eph 5:6