Jeremiah 4:10
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”
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.
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You will have peace;’ whereas the sword reaches to the heart.”
Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the life.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Ah
- Jeremiah 1:6; Jeremiah 14:13; Jeremiah 32:17; Ezekiel 11:13
- surely
- Jeremiah 14:13, 14; 1 Kings 22:20–23; Isaiah 63:17; Ezekiel 14:9, 10; Romans 1:24, 26, 28; 2 Thessalonians 2:9–12
- Ye shall have
- Jeremiah 5:12; Jeremiah 6:14; Jeremiah 8:11; Jeremiah 23:17; Isaiah 30:10; Isaiah 37:35
- the sword
- Jeremiah 4:18; Exodus 9:14; Lamentations 2:21