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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King Zedekiah sent Shelemiah’s son Jehucal and Maaseiah’s son Zephaniah the priest to Jeremiah the prophet, asking him, “Please pray to the Lord our God for us.” Now Jeremiah was still[a] going in and out among the people since he had not yet been put in prison. Pharaoh’s army had come out of Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 37:4 The Heb. lacks still