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|Jeremias 37:1| Zedekiah son of Josiah became king, succeeding Coniah son of Jehoiakim. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had made him king of Judah.
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|Jeremias 37:2| But neither he nor his courtiers nor the people of the country paid any attention to the words Yahweh spoke through the prophet Jeremiah.
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|Jeremias 37:3| King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to the prophet Jeremiah with this message, 'Intercede for us with Yahweh our God.'
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|Jeremias 37:4| Now Jeremiah was still moving freely among the people: he had not yet been put in prison.
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|Jeremias 37:5| Meanwhile Pharaoh's army was on the move from Egypt and the Chaldaeans besieging Jerusalem had raised the siege when they heard the news.
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|Jeremias 37:6| Then the word of Yahweh came to the prophet Jeremiah as follows,
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|Jeremias 37:7| 'Yahweh, God of Israel, says this, "To the king of Judah who sent you to consult me make this reply: Is Pharaoh's army marching to your aid? It will withdraw to its own country, Egypt.
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|Jeremias 37:8| The Chaldaeans will return to attack this city; they will capture it and burn it down.
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|Jeremias 37:9| Yahweh says this: Do not cheer yourselves up by thinking: The Chaldaeans are leaving us for good. They are not leaving.
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|Jeremias 37:10| Even if you cut to pieces the whole Chaldaean army now fighting against you until there were only the wounded left, they would stand up again, each man in his tent, to burn this city down." '
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