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The Lord says: “Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will surely leave us.’ They will not. 10 For even if you would defeat the whole Chaldean army attacking you, and there were only wounded men left who were confined to their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”

11 When the Chaldean army had withdrawn from Jerusalem to face Pharaoh’s army,

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“This is what the Lord says: Do not deceive(A) yourselves, thinking, ‘The Babylonians will surely leave us.’ They will not! 10 Even if you were to defeat the entire Babylonian[a] army that is attacking you and only wounded men were left in their tents, they would come out and burn(B) this city down.”

11 After the Babylonian army had withdrawn(C) from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh’s army,

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 37:10 Or Chaldean; also in verse 11