King Zedekiah sent (A)Jehucal the son of (B)Shelemiah, and (C)Zephaniah the priest, the son of (D)Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “Please (E)pray for us to the Lord our God.” (F)Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people, (G)for he had not yet been put in prison. (H)The army of Pharaoh had come out of Egypt. And when (I)the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news about them, (J)they withdrew from Jerusalem.

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Nevertheless, King Zedekiah sent Jehucal(A) son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah(B) son of Maaseiah, the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, requesting, “Please pray to the Lord our God for us!” Jeremiah was going about his daily tasks[a] among the people, for they had not yet put him into the prison.(C) Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt,(D) and when the Chaldeans, who were besieging Jerusalem, heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 37:4 Lit was coming in and going out