Jeremiah 4:10

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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.

Surely

Ye shall have

General references

Jeremiah 8:15

Bible References

Surely

Then I said: "Ah, Lord GOD, behold, the prophets say to them, 'You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.'"

and the LORD said, 'Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?' And one said one thing, and another said another.

O LORD, why do you make us wander from your ways and harden our heart, so that we fear you not? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.

And if the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I, the LORD, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,

The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,

Ye shall have

They have spoken falsely of the LORD and have said, 'He will do nothing; no disaster will come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine.

They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, 'Peace, peace,' when there is no peace.

They say continually to those who despise the word of the LORD, 'It shall be well with you'; and to everyone who stubbornly follows his own heart, they say, 'No disaster shall come upon you.'"

who say to the seers, "Do not see," and to the prophets, "Do not prophesy to us what is right; speak to us smooth things, prophesy illusions,

For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David."

General references

We looked for peace, but no good came; for a time of healing, but behold, terror.