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Now Zedekiah the son of JosiahwhomNebuchadnezzarking of Babylon had madeking in the land of Judah, reigned as king in place of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim.
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Yet KingZedekiahsentJehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "Pleasepray to the LORD our God on our behalf."
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Meanwhile, Pharaoh'sarmy had set out from Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who had been besieging*Jerusalemheard the report about them, they lifted the siege from Jerusalem.
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"Thussays the LORDGod of Israel, 'Thus you are to say to the king of Judah, who sent you to Me to inquire of Me: "Behold, Pharaoh'sarmy which has come out for your assistance is going to return to its own land of Egypt.
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'For even if you had defeated the entirearmy of Chaldeans who were fightingagainst you, and there were only woundedmenleft among them, eachman in his tent, they would rise up and burnthiscity with fire.' "