Lament and wail.
For the fierce anger of the Lord
Has not turned back from us.
“That the heart of the king shall perish,
And the heart of the princes;
The priests shall be astonished,
And the prophets shall wonder.”
aSurely You have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem,
bSaying, ‘You shall have peace,’
Whereas the sword reaches to the1 heart.”
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—
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Jeremiah 4:10
Ah, Lord God! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people - The Targum paraphrases this verse thus: "And I said, Receive my supplication, O Lord God; for, behold, the false prophets deceive this people and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace." The prophet could not reconcile this devastation of the country with the promises already made; and he appears to ask the question, Hast thou not then deceived this people in saying there shall be peace, i.e., prosperity?
Whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul - That is, the life; the people being generally destroyed.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Jeremiah 4:10:
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