Jeremiah 37:11 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 37:11

9 Thus says the Lord: ‘Do not deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely depart from us,” for they will not depart.

10 ^aFor though you had defeated the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained only wounded men among them, they would rise up, every man in his tent, and burn the city with fire.’ ”

Jeremiah Imprisoned

11 And it happened, when the army of the Chaldeans left the siege of Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,

12 that Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin to claim his property there among the people.

13 And when he was in the Gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there whose name was Irijah the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”

14 Then Jeremiah said, “False! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans.” But he did not listen to him. So Irijah seized Jeremiah and brought him to the princes.

15 Therefore the princes were angry with Jeremiah, and they struck him ^aand put him in prison in the ^bhouse of Jonathan the scribe. For they had made that the prison.

16 When Jeremiah entered ^athe dungeon and the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,

17 then Zedekiah the king sent and took him out. The king asked him secretly in his house, and said, “Is there any word from the Lord?” And Jeremiah said, “There is.” Then he said, “You shall be ^adelivered into the hand of the king of Babylon!”

18 Moreover Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “What offense have I committed against you, against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

19 Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’?

20 Therefore please hear now, O my lord the king. Please, let my petition be accepted before you, and do not make me return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.”

21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah ^ato the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread from the bakers’ street, ^buntil all the bread in the city was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 37:11

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American Standard Version
And it came to pass that, when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,

Amplified® Bible
And when the army of the Chaldeans had departed from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's approaching army,

Contemporary English Version
The Babylonian army had left because the Egyptian army was on its way to help us.

Darby English Version
And it came to pass when the army of the Chaldeans was gone up from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh's army,

Good News Bible
The Babylonian army retreated from Jerusalem because the Egyptian army was approaching.

King James Version
And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,

New American Standard Bible
Now it happened when the army of the Chaldeans had lifted {the siege} from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh's army,

New International Version
After the Babylonian army had withdrawn from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh's army,

New King James Version
And it happened, when the army of the Chaldeans left the siege of Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now it happened when the army of the Chaldeans had lifted the siege from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh's army,

Revised Standard Version
Now when the Chalde'an army had withdrawn from Jerusalem at the approach of Pharaoh's army,

Young's Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass, in the going up of the force of the Chaldeans from off Jerusalem, because of the force of Pharaoh,

New English Translation
The following events also occurred¹ while the Babylonian forces² had temporarily withdrawn from Jerusalem³ because the army of Pharaoh was coming.

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