| relief by Egypt, | | | | Jeremiah regains his | | | | influence and pledges| | | | the people by | | | | covenant to release | | | | their slaves. | | | | | | | |On the news of | | | | Hophra's advance, the| | | | Chaldeans raise the | | | | siege; the Egyptian | | | | party again become | | | | supreme and annul the| | | | covenant (xxi. 1-10, | | | | xxxiv., xxxvii. 1-10,| | | | XI.) | | | | | | | |Jeremiah attempts to | | | | leave the city, is | | | | arrested and | | | | imprisoned | | | |Hophra retreats into | | | | Egypt and the | | | | Chaldeans renew the | | | | siege (xxxvii. 11-21,| | | | xxxviii., xxxix. | | | | 15-18, XII.) | | | | | | | |While imprisoned | | | | Jeremiah buys his | | | | kinsman's inheritance| | | | (xxxii., XXX.) | | | | | | | |_DESTRUCTION OF | Siege of Tyre | | | JERUSALEM_, 586 | | | | | | | |Jeremiah remains for a| | | | month a prisoner | | | | amongst the other | | | | captives. Nebuzaradan| | | | arrives; arranges for| | |