Now when the Chaldean army had withdrawn from Jerusalem at the approach of Pharaoh's army,
For even if you should defeat the whole army of Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and there remained of them only wounded men, every man in his tent, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.’ ”
Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to receive his portion there among the people.
The army of Pharaoh had come out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.