Jeremiah 37:11

11 It happened that, when the army of the Kasdim was broken up from Yerushalayim for fear of Par`oh's army,

Jeremiah 37:11 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 37:11

And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans were
broken up from Jerusalem
When the siege of the city was broken up and raised: or, when they "went up from Jerusalem" ^F3; were gone from it; for fear of Pharaoh's army;
or rather "because of Pharaoh's army" ^F4. The word "fear" is not in the text; nor did they leave Jerusalem for fear of his army, but to meet it, and give it battle, as they did; however, by this means there was a freer egress and regress from and to the city.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (twlexb) "cum recessisset", Cocceius; "ascendisset", Schmidt.
F4 (lyx ynpm) "propter exercitum", Cocceius, Schmidt; "propter copias", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Jeremiah 37:11 In-Context

9 Thus says the LORD, Don't deceive yourselves, saying, The Kasdim shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.

10 For though you had struck the whole army of the Kasdim who fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yes would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

11 It happened that, when the army of the Kasdim was broken up from Yerushalayim for fear of Par`oh's army,

12 then Yirmeyahu went forth out of Yerushalayim to go into the land of Binyamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.

13 When he was in the gate of Binyamin, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Yeriyah, the son of Shelemyahu, the son of Hananyah; and he laid hold on Yirmeyahu the prophet, saying, You are falling away to the Kasdim.