Jeremiah 37:1-8

1Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah the son of Josiah king in the land of Judah so he reigned as king instead of Coniah (also called Jeconiah and Jehoiachin) the son of Jehoiakim.

2But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the Lord which He spoke through the prophet Jeremiah.

3Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah [along] with Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “Please pray [now] to the Lord our God for us.”

4Now Jeremiah was coming and going among the people, for they had not [yet] put him in prison.

5Meanwhile, Pharaoh’s army had set out from Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the news about them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

6Then the word of the Lord came to the prophet Jeremiah:

7“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘This is what 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 to help you, will return to Egypt, to their own land.

8And the Chaldeans [of Babylon] will come again and fight against this city, and they will capture it and set it on fire.” ’