Jer.37.5

Jeremiah 37:5

KJV

Then Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah

Cross References

2 Kings 24:7

KJV

And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.

Jehoiachin Reigns in Judah

Jeremiah 34:21

KJVGOD

And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which are gone up from you.

Freedom for Hebrew Slaves

A Prophecy against Zedekiah

Jeremiah 37:6

KJV

¶ Then came the word of the Lord unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah

Jeremiah 37:7

KJVGOD

Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah

Jeremiah 37:11

KJV

¶ And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,

Jeremiah Imprisoned

Ezekiel 17:15

KJVGOD

But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

The Parable Explained

Ezekiel 17:17

KJVGOD

Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons: