Jeremiah 37:7-9

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⁷ Thus says the Lord, God of Israel: This is what you shall say to the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: Pharaoh’s army, which set out to help you, is going to return to its own land, to Egypt.^{(A) 8} And the Chaldeans shall return and fight against this city; they shall take it and burn it with fire.^{(B) 9} Thus says the Lord: Do not deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely go away from us,” for they will not go away.^(C)