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Jeremiah Warns against Trust in Pharaoh
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|Jeremias 37:1| Now Zedekiah the son of Josiah whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had made king in the land of Judah, reigned as king in place of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim.
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|Jeremias 37:2| But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the Lord which He spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.
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|Jeremias 37:3| Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "Please pray to the Lord our God on our behalf."
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|Jeremias 37:4| Now Jeremiah was still coming in and going out among the people, for they had not yet put him in the prison.
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|Jeremias 37:5| Meanwhile, Pharaoh's army had set out from Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who had been besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they lifted the siege from Jerusalem.
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|Jeremias 37:6| Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
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|Jeremias 37:7| "Thus says the Lord God of Israel, 'Thus you are to say to the king of Judah, who sent you to Me to inquire of Me: "Behold, Pharaoh's army which has come out for your assistance is going to return to its own land of Egypt.
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|Jeremias 37:8| The Chaldeans will also return and fight against this city, and they will capture it and burn it with fire."'
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|Jeremias 37:9| Thus says the Lord, 'Do not deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans will surely go away from us," for they will not go.
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|Jeremias 37:10| For even 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 burn this city with fire.'" Jeremiah Imprisoned
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