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Jeremiah 37:10
“For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yes would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 37
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The Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire.
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Thus says Yahweh, Don't deceive yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.
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For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yes would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
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It happened that, when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,
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then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.
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