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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The verse 5 is found in chapter 37 of Jeremiah. Zedekiah asks Jeremiah to pray when the Egyptian army temporarily causes the Babylonians to withdraw. The prophet warns that the withdrawal does not mean permanent defeat: the Babylonians will return and burn Jerusalem. The episode shows how immediate political circumstances can create false hopes when interpreted without God’s word.
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Es war aber das Heer Pharaos aus Ägypten gezogen: und die Chaldäer, so vor Jerusalem lagen, da sie solch Gerücht gehört hatten, waren von Jerusalem abgezogen.
Y como el ejército de Faraón hubo salido de Egipto, y vino la fama de ellos a oídos de los Caldeos que tenían cercada a Jerusalem, partiéronse de Jerusalem.
El ejército del faraón había salido de Egipto. Cuando los caldeos que sitiaban Jerusalén oyeron la noticia, se retiraron de Jerusalén.
L'armée de Pharaon était sortie d'Egypte; et les Chaldéens, qui assiégeaient Jérusalem, ayant appris cette nouvelle, s'étaient retirés de Jérusalem.
E l’esercito di Faraone era uscito di Egitto; laonde i Caldei che assediavano Gerusalemme, intesone il grido, si erano dipartiti d’appresso a Gerusalemme.
E o exército de Faraó saíra do Egito; e quando os caldeus, que tinham sitiado Jerusalém, ouviram esta notícia, retiraram-se de Jerusalém.
法老的軍隊已經從 埃及 出來,那圍困 耶路撒冷 的 迦勒底 人聽見這風聲,就拔營離開 耶路撒冷 去了。
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