Jeremiah 37:11
9 This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!
10 Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”
When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
12 Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.
13 But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
- KJV
- And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
- WEB
- When the army of the Chaldeans had withdrawn from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
- ASV
- And it came to pass that, when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh`s army,
- DARBY
- And it came to pass when the army of the Chaldeans was gone up from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh's army,
- BLB
- And it came to pass in the going up of the army of the Chaldeans from Jerusalem for fear of the army of Pharaoh,
- ÅB
- Og da kaldeernes hær hadde draget bort fra Jerusalem for Faraos hærs skyld,
- OTB
- Da den babylonske hæren hadde trukket seg tilbake fra Jerusalem på grunn av Faraos hær,
- B1930
- Og da kaldeernes hær hadde draget bort fra Jerusalem for Faraos hærs skyld,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 37:5
Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
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