Verse 7
Jeremiah 37:7
Free Bible Version
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This is what the Lord says: Don't fool yourselves by saying, “The Babylonians are gone for good,” because they're not!
Original Language Text
hebrew
כֹּֽה אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כֹּ֤ה תֹֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה הַ/שֹּׁלֵ֧חַ אֶתְ/כֶ֛ם אֵלַ֖/י לְ/דָרְשֵׁ֑/נִי הִנֵּ֣ה חֵ֣יל פַּרְעֹ֗ה הַ/יֹּצֵ֤א לָ/כֶם֙ לְ/עֶזְרָ֔ה שָׁ֥ב לְ/אַרְצ֖/וֹ מִצְרָֽיִם
English Translation
Thus says the LORD God of Israel: Thus you shall say to the king of Judah who sends you to me to inquire of me: Behold, the army of Pharaoh that comes out to you for help has returned to its own land, Egypt.
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Chapter 37 Context
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However, King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, son of Maaseiah, to J...
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(At this time Jeremiah could come and go freely, because as yet they hadn't put him in prison.)
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Pharaoh's army was advancing from Egypt, and when the Babylonian army heard about it, they moved awa...
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Then a message from the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet:
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This is what the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, instructs you to tell the king of Judah, who sent...
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6
Then the Babylonians will return and attack Jerusalem. They will capture it and burn it down.
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This is what the Lord says: Don't fool yourselves by saying, “The Babylonians are gone for good,” be...
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In fact, even if you were able to kill the whole Babylonian army attacking you, leaving only wounded...
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When the Babylonian army moved away from Jerusalem because of the threat of Pharaoh's army,
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However, when he reached the Benjamin Gate, the guard captain, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemia...
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“That's not true,” Jeremiah replied. “I'm not defecting to the Babylonians!” But Irijah refused to l...
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12
The officers were furious with Jeremiah. They had him beaten and locked up in the house of Jonathan...
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Some while later King Zedekiah secretly sent for him and had him brought to the royal palace where h...
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14
Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “What wrong have I done to you or your servants or these people,...
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15
Where are your prophets now, the ones who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon won't come...
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Now please listen to me, my lord the king, and respond positively to my request. Don't send me back...
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King Zedekiah gave the order for Jeremiah to be held in the guard's courtyard and be provided with a...
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