Jeremiah 37:10

Translations

Modern

Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”

Traditional

For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

Literal

For if you were to strike all the force of the Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and there remained among them only wounded men, then they would rise up, each man in his tent, and burn this city with fire!

Latin

Sed etsi percusseritis omnem exercitum Chaldæorum qui præliantur adversum vos, et derelicti fuerint ex eis aliqui vulnerati, singuli de tentorio suo consurgent, et incendent civitatem hanc igni.

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English

Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”

Notes

Jeremiah 37:6–10

The Lord answered Jeremiah’s prayer (Jeremiah 37:3) with a warning for Zedekiah. The Egyptians would not offer lasting help, and the Babylonians would return to destroy Jerusalem. This prophecy came true in 586 BC.

Jeremiah 37:1–38:28

The focus now returns to Zedekiah, who became king of Judah after his nephew Jehoiachin. These chapters describe meetings between Zedekiah and Jeremiah, highlighting Zedekiah’s struggle to fully commit to God's word (compare Deuteronomy 10:12–13). Zedekiah is a classic example of a person with divided loyalty (James 1:6–8).

Theme notes and profiles

Jeremiah Persecution

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Leviticus 26:36–38
As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.
Isaiah 30:17
A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.
Joel 2:11
The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it?
Jeremiah 50:45
Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
Isaiah 10:4
Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Jeremiah 49:20
Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
Jeremiah 37:8
Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.
Jeremiah 51:4
And they will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and pierced through in her streets.
Jeremiah 21:4–7
…this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.
Isaiah 14:19
But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.
Isaiah 13:15
Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.

Places

Chaldea: Ancient Mesopotamian empire; known for astrology and wisdom

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Jehoiachin Oholah and Oholibah

Topics

Armies: March in Ranks: Seeking Counsel from God Before Battle Christian Minister: Faithful: Jeremiah Egyptians: Aid the Israelites Against the Chaldeans Zedekiah: Made King of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar by Jeremiah

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