Jeremiah 37:6-10

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⁶ The Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah the prophet: ⁷ “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Jehucal and Zephaniah, I know Zedekiah king of Judah sent you to seek me [^Cto get his help]. Tell this to King Zedekiah: ‘The army of the king of Egypt came here to help you, but they will ·go back [return] to Egypt. ⁸ After that, the ·Babylonian army [^LChaldeans] will return and ·attack [fight] this city [^CJerusalem] and capture it and burn it ·down [^Lwith fire].’

⁹ “This is what the Lord says: People of Jerusalem, do not ·fool [deceive] yourselves. Don’t say, ‘The ·Babylonian army [^LChaldeans] will surely ·leave us alone [^Lgo away from us].’ They will not! ¹⁰ Even if you ·defeated [^Lstruck] all of the ·Babylonian army [^LChaldeans] that is ·attacking [fighting] you and there were only a few injured men left in their tents, they would ·come from their tents [^Lrise up] and burn ·down Jerusalem [^Lthis city with fire]!”