Jeremiah 37:3-10

3Yet 1King Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and 2the priest Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “3Please pray to the Lord our God in our behalf.” 4Now Jeremiah was still coming and going among the people, for they had not yet 4put him in prison. 5Meanwhile, 5Pharaoh’s army had set out from Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who had been besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they 6withdrew from Jerusalem.

6Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, 7“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘7This is what you are to say to the king of Judah, who sent you to Me to inquire of Me: “Behold, 8Pharaoh’s army, which has come out to help you, is going to return to its own land of Egypt. 8Then the Chaldeans will 9return and fight against this city, and they will capture it and burn it with fire.”’ 9This is what the Lord says: ‘Do not 10deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will certainly go away from us,” for they will not go. 10For 11even 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 12burn this city with fire.’”