Jeremiah 37:5-11

5 Pharaoh’s army had marched out of Egypt, and when the Babylonians[a] who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
6 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet:
7 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of me, ‘Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to support you, will go back to its own land, to Egypt.
8 Then the Babylonians will return and attack this city; they will capture it and burn it down.’
9 “This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves, thinking, ‘The Babylonians will surely leave us.’ They will not!
10 Even if you were to defeat the entire Babylonian[b] army that is attacking you and only wounded men were left in their tents, they would come out and burn this city down.”
11 After the Babylonian army had withdrawn from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh’s army,

Cross References 11

  • 1. S Genesis 15:18; Isaiah 31:1; Ezekiel 17:15
  • 2. Jeremiah 34:21
  • 3. S Isaiah 30:5; Jeremiah 34:11; 2 Kings 24:7
  • 4. S Genesis 25:22; S 2 Kings 22:18
  • 5. ver 5
  • 6. S 2 Kings 18:21; S Jeremiah 2:36; Lamentations 1:7; Lamentations 4:17
  • 7. Jeremiah 38:3
  • 8. Jeremiah 21:10; Jeremiah 34:22; Jeremiah 38:18; Jeremiah 39:8
  • 9. Jeremiah 29:8; S Mark 13:5
  • 10. Jeremiah 21:10
  • 11. ver 5

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or "Chaldeans" ; also in verses 8, 9, 13 and 14
  • [b]. Or "Chaldean" ; also in verse 11
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