Jeremiah 37:3–10

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 the Lord our God on our behalf.”

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

⁵Meanwhile, ^aPharaoh’s army had set out from Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who had been besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they ^blifted the siege from Jerusalem.

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

⁷“Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘^aThus you are to say to the king of Judah, who sent you to Me to inquire of Me: “Behold, ^bPharaoh’s army 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 the Lord, ‘Do not ^adeceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely go away from us,” for they will not go.

¹⁰‘For ^aeven if you had defeated the entire army of Chaldeans who were fighting against you, and there were only wounded men left among them, each man in his tent, they would rise up and ^bburn this city with fire.’ ”