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Jeremiah 37:11–12a

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Jeremiah is Charged with Deserting, Arrested, and Imprisoned

37:11The following events also occurred20 while the Babylonian forces21 had temporarily withdrawn from Jerusalem22 because the army of Pharaoh was coming.

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Footnotes

  1. 20 The words “The following events also occurred” are not in the text. They are a way to introduce the incidents recorded in 37:11–21 without creating a long complex sentence in English like the Hebrew does. The Hebrew of vv. 11–12a reads “And it was/happened while the army of the Chaldeans had taken themselves up from against Jerusalem, Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to take part …” For the rendering “temporarily withdrawn from Jerusalem” see the translator’s note on v. . The words “was coming” are not in the text either but are implicit and have been supplied in the translation for clarity and smoothness of English expression.
  2. 21 Heb “the Chaldeans.” See the study note on for the rendering “Babylonian.” The word “forces” is supplied in the translation here for the sake of clarity.
  3. 22 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now when the Chaldean army had withdrawn from Jerusalem at the approach of Pharaoh’s army, Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to receive his portion there among the people.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

After the Babylonian army had withdrawn from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh’s army, Jeremiah started to leave the city to go to the territory of Benjamin to get his share of the property among the people there.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh’s army, Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.

NLTNew Living Translation

When the Babylonian army left Jerusalem because of Pharaoh’s approaching army, Jeremiah started to leave the city on his way to the territory of Benjamin, to claim his share of the property among his relatives there.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And then, at the withdrawing of the army of the Chaldeans from Jerusalem before the army of Pharaoh, Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to receive a portion from there in the midst of the people.

KJV 1900King James Version

And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army, Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.