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Jeremiah 37:5

Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

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ASV

And Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans that were besieging Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they brake up from Jerusalem.

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.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְחֵ֥ילve.Cheiland [the] army ofH2428 →
פַּרְעֹ֖הpar.'OhPharaohH6547 →
יָצָ֣אya.Tza'it had come forthH3318 →
מִמִּצְרָ֑יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimfrom EgyptH4714 →
וַיִּשְׁמְע֨וּvai.yish.me.'Uand they had heardH8085 →
הַכַּשְׂדִּ֜יםha.kas.Dimthe ChaldeansH3778 →
הַצָּרִ֤יםha.tza.Rimwho were laying siegeH6696 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
שִׁמְעָ֔םshim.'Amreport theirH8088 →
וַיֵּ֣עָל֔וּvai.Ye.'a.Luand they had taken themselves upH5927 →
מֵעַ֖לme.'Alfrom onH5921 →
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ פye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389 →

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Ezekiel 17:15But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’Jeremiah 34:21And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.Jeremiah 37:11When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,2 Kings 24:7Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.Jeremiah 37:7“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.Ezekiel 17:17Pharaoh with his mighty army and vast horde will not help him in battle, when ramps are built and siege walls constructed to destroy many lives.Isaiah 30:2They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.Jeremiah 34:11but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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