10 Then I said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! How completely you have deceived(A) this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’(B) when the sword is at our throats!”

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10 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.

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10 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God!
(A)Surely You have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem,
(B)Saying, ‘You shall have peace,’
Whereas the sword reaches to the [a]heart.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:10 Lit. soul

10 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God, (A)surely you have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘It shall be well with you,’ whereas the sword has reached their very life.”

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