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“The Lord says, ‘Do not fool yourselves. You think, “The Babylonians will leave us alone.” But they will not! 10 Suppose you destroy all the armies of Babylon that are attacking you. Suppose only wounded men are left in their tents. Even then they will come out and burn down this city.’ ”

11 The armies of Babylon had pulled back from Jerusalem because of 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11 After the Babylonian army had withdrawn(C) from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh’s army,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