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Jeremiah 37:5
Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative reports a military maneuver while Jeremiah remains free to move among the people, immediately before the Lord addresses him. Pharaoh’s forces depart Egypt, and the Chaldean besiegers of Jerusalem withdraw upon hearing the report.
The words — `פַּרְעֹה` (par.'Oh) identifies the Egyptian ruler, while `צָרִים` (tza.Rim) designates the Chaldean forces as those laying siege.
The thread — This deployment connects to Judah’s prior request for Egyptian troops (Ezekiel 17:15) and the Babylonian king’s prior containment of Egyptian territory (2 Kings 24:7), while pointing toward the enemy capture of King Zedekiah (Jeremiah 34:21).
Why it lands — The text records a tactical withdrawal caused by external military pressure, requiring the reader to track how human political movements unfold in real time before divine judgment proceeds.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 17:15 But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’
- 2 Kings 24:7 Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
- Jeremiah 34:21 And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.
- Jeremiah 37:11 When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
- Jeremiah 37:7 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.