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Jeremiah 37:5

in Jeremiah 37

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

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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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This verse in Jeremiah 37

Commentary

7 notes on this verse
Then - And. Pharaoh-Hophra Jer 44:30, the Apries of Herodotus, probably withdrew without giving Nebuchadnezzar battle. After a reign of 25 years, he was dethroned by Amasis, but allowed to inhabit his palace at Sais, where finally he was strangled.

This site's exposition

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah

on Jeremiah 37:1-5

Verse 2 gives the verdict first: he and his people “refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.” Yet the king sends to Jeremiah, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!” Jeremiah is still free, and Pharaoh’s advance has lifted the siege.

This site's exposition

Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt

Clarke and Barnes identify this Pharaoh as Hophra, called Apries, and Barnes cites Jeremiah 44:30. Zedekiah had sought his help against Babylon in breach of his oath, and the Chaldeans withdrew from Jerusalem at the report of his army. Henry says the pause hardened the city.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt,.... At the time the above message was sent to Jeremiah.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

From this they encouraged themselves to hope that Jerusalem was delivered for good and all out of the hands of its enemies and that the storm was quite blown over. Note, Sinners are commonly hardened in their security by the intermissions of judgments and the slow proceedings of them; and those who will not be awakened by the word of God may justly be lulled asleep by the providence of God.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Judea had the misfortune to lie between the two great contending powers, Babylon and Egypt, and so was exposed to the alternate inroads of the one or the other. Josiah, taking side with Assyria, fell in battle with Pharaoh-necho at Megiddo (2Ki 23:29). Zedekiah, seeking the Egyptian alliance in violation of his oath, was now about to be taken by Nebuchadnezzar (2Ch 36:13;

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Then Pharaoh’s army - This was Pharaoh-hophra or Apries, who then reigned in Egypt in place of his father Necho. See Eze 29:6, etc. Nebuchadnezzar, hearing that the Egyptian army, on which the Jews so much depended, was on their march to relieve the city, suddenly raised the siege, and went to meet them. In the interim Zedekiah sent to Jeremiah to inquire of the Lord to know whether they might consider themselves in safety.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְחֵ֥ילand [the] army of

    vecheilH2428 →246 times

  • פַּרְעֹ֖הPharaoh

    parohH6547 →274 times

  • יָצָ֣אit had come forth

    yatza'H3318 →1067 times

  • מִמִּצְרָ֑יִםfrom Egypt

    mimitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • וַיִּשְׁמְע֨וּand they had heard

    vaiyishmeuH8085 →1159 times

  • הַכַּשְׂדִּ֜יםthe Chaldeans

    hakasdimH3778 →80 times

  • הַצָּרִ֤יםwho were laying siege

    hatzarimH6696 →38 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙Jerusalem

    yerushalimH3389 →643 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • שִׁמְעָ֔םreport their

    shimamH8088 →

  • וַיֵּ֣עָל֔וּand they had taken themselves up

    vaiyealuH5927 →890 times

  • מֵעַ֖לfrom on

    mealH5921 →5755 times

  • יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ פJerusalem

    yerushalimH3389 →643 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

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?’5 worksJeremiah 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.4 worksJeremiah 37:11When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,4 works2 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.4 worksJeremiah 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.3 worksEzekiel 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.3 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
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.2 worksJeremiah 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.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Kings 24:7

    Now 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.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 46:2

      concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of…

    • Jeremiah 37:5–7

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

  • Through

    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,…

    it leads to

    • Lamentations 4:17

      All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.

    • Ezekiel 17:17

      Pharaoh 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.

    • Jeremiah 37:3

      Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”

  • Through

    Ezekiel 17:15

    But 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…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 52:3

      For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 34:21

    And 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.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 39:6

      There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.

    • Jeremiah 52:24–27

      The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 37 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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