Jeremiah 37:5-7

Contemporary English Version

^3-5 Later, the Babylonian army attacked Jerusalem, but they left after learning that the Egyptian army^[a] was headed in this direction.

One day, Zedekiah sent Jehucal and the priest Zephaniah^[b] to talk with me. At that time, I was free to go wherever I wanted, because I had not yet been put in prison. Jehucal and Zephaniah said, “Jeremiah, please pray to the Lord our God for us.”

^6-7 Then the Lord told me to send them back to Zedekiah with this message:

Zedekiah, you wanted Jeremiah to ask me, the Lord God of Israel, what is going to happen. So I will tell you. The king of Egypt and his army came to your rescue, but soon they will go back to Egypt.