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Jeremia 4:10

Listen to Jeremia 4:10
10 Da sprach ich: Ach, Herr, Jehova! Fürwahr, getäuscht hast du dieses Volk und Jerusalem, indem du sprachst: Ihr werdet Frieden haben; und das Schwert dringt bis an die Seele!

Jeremia 4:10 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 4:10

Then said I, ah, Lord God!
&c.] Expressing great sorrow and concern: this "ah" is by way of lamentation. The Targum interprets it as a petition,

``and I said, receive my prayer, O Lord God:''
surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem:
what the false prophets did, that God is said to do, because he suffered them to deceive the people; see ( 1 Kings 22:20-23 ) . The Targum ascribes the deception to the false prophets, and not to God,
``surely behold the false prophets deceive this people, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem;''
or this may be ironically said, because the false prophets pretended to speak in the name of the Lord; wherefore Jeremiah says, "surely thou hast greatly deceived" "saying, ye shall have peace"; as the false prophets did, ( Jeremiah 6:14 ) : whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul;
takes away the life, many are slain by it; so the Targum,
``and now behold the sword killeth among the people;''
great slaughter is made by it. L'Empereur F23 observes that the word here used signifies, in the Arabic language, to educate or bring up; and then the sense is,
``ah, Lord, thou hast brought up this people with great tenderness, and promised them all manner of happiness; but now thou thunderest out threatenings of calamities of all sorts, and death itself; and assigned a place for the sword to enter into their very souls;''
so the Arabic word <arabic> used in the version of ( Acts 22:2 ) ( 1 Timothy 4:6 ) .
FOOTNOTES:

F23 Not. ad Mosis Kimchi, (odoiporia) , p. 186.
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Jeremia 4:10 In-Context

8 Darum gürtet euch Sacktuch um, klaget und jammert! Denn die Glut des Zornes Jehovas hat sich nicht von uns abgewendet.
9 Und es wird geschehen an jenem Tage, spricht Jehova, da wird das Herz des Königs und das Herz der Fürsten vergehen; und die Priester werden sich entsetzen, und die Propheten erstarrt sein.
10 Da sprach ich: Ach, Herr, Jehova! Fürwahr, getäuscht hast du dieses Volk und Jerusalem, indem du sprachst: Ihr werdet Frieden haben; und das Schwert dringt bis an die Seele!
11 In jener Zeit wird diesem Volke und Jerusalem gesagt werden: Ein scharfer Wind von den kahlen Höhen in der Wüste kommt des Weges zur Tochter meines Volkes, nicht zum Worfeln und nicht zum Säubern;
12 ein Wind zu voll dazu wird mir kommen. Nun will auch ich Gerichte über sie aussprechen.
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