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"Then the Babylonian forces will return. They will attack the city and will capture it and burn it down."
— Jeremiah 37:8, NET Bible
“And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.”
“And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire. ”
“The Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire.”
“Thus saith the Lord: Deceive not your souls, saying: The Chaldeans shall surely depart and go away from us: for they shall not go away.”
“And the Chaldaeans will come back again and make war against this town and they will take it and put it on fire.”
“And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.”
At that time the Babylonian forces had temporarily given up their siege against Jerusalem. They had had it under siege, but withdrew when they heard that the army of Pharaoh had set out from Egypt.)
The LORD’s message came to the prophet Jeremiah,
“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said,‘This is what you must say to the king of Judah who sent you to seek my help.“Beware, Pharaoh’s army that was on its way to help you is about to go back home to Egypt.
Then the Babylonian forces will return. They will attack the city and will capture it and burn it down.
Moreover, I, the LORD, warn you not to deceive yourselves into thinking that the Babylonian forces will go away and leave you alone. For they will not go away.
For even if you were to defeat all the Babylonian forces fighting against you so badly that only wounded men were left lying in their tents, they would get up and burn this city down.”’”
Jeremiah is Charged with Deserting, Arrested, and Imprisoned The following events also occurred while the Babylonian forces had temporarily withdrawn from Jerusalem because the army of Pharaoh was coming.