A moment in scripture
Jeremiah 37:7
Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
The surrounding passage
- Jeremiah 37:5
Then Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 37:6
Then came the word of the Lord unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
- Jeremiah 37:8
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
- Jeremiah 37:9
Thus saith the Lord; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.