Jeremiah 37:3-5

New Living Translation

³ Nevertheless, King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, son of Maaseiah, to ask Jeremiah, “Please pray to the Lord our God for us.” ⁴ Jeremiah had not yet been imprisoned, so he could come and go among the people as he pleased.

⁵ At this time the army of Pharaoh Hophra^[a] of Egypt appeared at the southern border of Judah. When the Babylonian^[b] army heard about it, they withdrew from their siege of Jerusalem.