Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.

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Surely

Jeremiah 14:13
And I replied, “Oh no, Lord God! The prophets are telling them, ‘You won’t see sword or suffer famine. I will certainly give you true peace in this place.’”
1 Kings 22:20
And the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ So one was saying this and another was saying that.
Isaiah 63:17
Why, Yahweh, do You make us stray from Your ways?
You harden our hearts so we do not fear You.
Return, because of Your servants,
the tribes of Your heritage.
Ezekiel 14:9
“But if the prophet is deceived and speaks a message, it was I, Yahweh, who deceived that prophet. I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
Romans 1:24
Therefore God delivered them over in the cravings of their hearts to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves.
2 Thessalonians 2:9
The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders,

Ye shall have

Jeremiah 5:12
They have contradicted the Lord
and insisted, “It won’t happen.
Harm won’t come to us;
we won’t see sword or famine.”
Jeremiah 6:14
They have treated My people’s brokenness superficially,
claiming, “Peace, peace,”
when there is no peace.
Jeremiah 8:11
They have treated superficially the brokenness
of My dear people,
claiming, ‘Peace, peace,’
when there is no peace.
Jeremiah 23:17
They keep on saying to those who despise Me, ‘The Lord has said: You will have peace.’ They have said to everyone who follows the stubbornness of his heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’”
Isaiah 30:10
They say to the seers, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets,
“Do not prophesy the truth to us.
Tell us flattering things.
Prophesy illusions.
Isaiah 37:35
I will defend this city and rescue it
because of Me
and because of My servant David.”

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Jeremiah 8:15
We hoped for peace, but there was nothing good;
for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

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