[[Jer-37]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Jer-36]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Jer-38]] --- ### Behold, Pharaoh's army, which has come out to help you, will return to Egypt into their own land. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Jeremiah predicts that the Egyptian military intervention, which had temporarily forced the Babylonians to lift the siege of Jerusalem, would fail and the Egyptians would retreat to their own territory without saving Judah. *Historical context*: Pharaoh Hophra (Apries) led an army into the Levant in 588 BC to assist Zedekiah's revolt. While his advance caused the Babylonians to temporarily lift the siege of Jerusalem to face him, the Egyptians eventually retreated to Egypt without engaging in a major battle, leaving Jerusalem vulnerable to the returning Babylonian forces. *Related to*: ### The Chaldeans will come again, and fight against this city. They will take it and burn it with fire. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Jeremiah predicts that the Babylonian (Chaldean) army will return to Jerusalem, capture the city, and destroy it by fire, regardless of current appearances or military strength. *Historical context*: Following the retreat of the Egyptian army, the Babylonians returned to Jerusalem as predicted. [[In|In 586]] BC, after an 18-month siege, they breached the city walls, captured Jerusalem, and systematically burned the Temple of Solomon, the royal palace, and all the major houses of the city, as recorded in [[2 Kings-25#v8|2 Kings 25:8]]-10 and [[Jer-52#v12|Jeremiah 52:12]]-14. *Related to*: ### You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Jeremiah privately informs King Zedekiah that he will personally be captured and handed over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. *Historical context*: After the walls of Jerusalem were breached in 586 BC, King Zedekiah attempted to escape but was captured by the Chaldeans near Jericho. He was brought to Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he was judged, blinded, and taken in bronze shackles to Babylon, fulfilling the prophecy of his personal capture ([[Jer-39#v4|Jeremiah 39:4]]-7). *Related to*: ### Now where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, 'The king of Babylon will not come against you, nor against this land?' *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: Jeremiah points out that the current siege and the return of the Babylonian army have fulfilled his earlier warnings of judgment while proving the predictions of the false prophets wrong. *Historical context*: Throughout Zedekiah's reign, prophets like Hananiah ([[Jer|Jeremiah 28]]) had predicted that the Babylonian power would be broken and that the exiles would return quickly. The actual return of the Babylonian army to destroy the city served as the definitive fulfillment of Jeremiah's previous words and the exposure of the false prophets' failure. *Related to*: [[Jer-28#v1|Jeremiah 28:1]]-4 --- #ai_prophecy