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Jeremiah 37:3-5
Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah 37:3-5
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3-5 Later, the Babylonian army attacked Jerusalem, but they left after learning that the Egyptian army[a] was headed in this direction.
One day, Zedekiah sent Jehucal and the priest Zephaniah[b] to talk with me. At that time, I was free to go wherever I wanted, because I had not yet been put in prison. Jehucal and Zephaniah said, “Jeremiah, please pray to the Lord our God for us.”
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Jeremiah 37:3-5
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Jeremiah 37:3-5
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3 King Zedekiah, however, sent(A) Jehukal(B) son of Shelemiah with the priest Zephaniah(C) son of Maaseiah to Jeremiah the prophet with this message: “Please pray(D) to the Lord our God for us.”
4 Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.(E) 5 Pharaoh’s army had marched out of Egypt,(F) and when the Babylonians[a] who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they withdrew(G) from Jerusalem.(H)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 37:5 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 8, 9, 13 and 14
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