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 of Egypt appeared at the southern border of Judah. When the Babylonian army heard about it, they withdrew from their siege of Jerusalem.
6. Then the lord gave this message to Jeremiah: