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Jeremiah 4:10
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8 For this, aclothe yourself with sackcloth,
Lament and wail.
For the fierce anger of the Lord
Has not turned back from us. 
9 “And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord,
“That the heart of the king shall perish,
And the heart of the princes;
The priests shall be astonished,
And the prophets shall wonder.”
10 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God!
aSurely You have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem,
bSaying, ‘You shall have peace,’
Whereas the sword reaches to the1 heart.” 
11 At that time it will be said
To this people and to Jerusalem,
a“A dry wind of the desolate heights blows in the wilderness
Toward the daughter of My people—
Not to fan or to cleanse— 
12 A wind too strong for these will come for Me;
Now aI will also speak judgment against them.” 
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Jeremiah 4:10

Ah, Lord God! - Alas! my Lord Yahweh: an expression of disapproval on Jeremiah' s part. Jeremiah had constantly to struggle against the misgivings of his own melancholy nature, but he never let them prevent him from doing his duty. See the introduction of Jeremiah.

Ye shall have peace - These words are generally referred to the false prophets; they rather refer to real prophecies of future blessedness promised to the Jews. Jeremiah could not reconcile the doom he was now commanded to pronounce, either with his previous prophecy, or with what he read in the writings of his predecessors. Time only could solve the difficulty. Upon the struggles of the prophets to understand their own predictions see I Peter 1:10-11.

Unto the soul - The sword has reached the life. i. e., has inflicted a mortal wound.


 
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