10 I said, “Oh no, Lord God, You have certainly deceived(A) this people and Jerusalem, by announcing, ‘You will have peace,’(B) while a sword is at[a] our throats.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:10 Lit sword touches

13 For from the least to the greatest of them,(A)
everyone is making profit dishonestly.(B)
From prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.(C)
14 They have treated My people’s brokenness superficially,
claiming, “Peace, peace,”(D)
when there is no peace.

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10 Therefore, I will give(A) their wives to other men,
their fields to new occupants,
for from the least to the greatest,
everyone is making profit dishonestly.
From prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
11 They have treated superficially the brokenness
of My dear[a] people,
claiming, ‘Peace, peace,’
when there is no peace.
12 Were they ashamed when they acted so abhorrently?
They weren’t at all ashamed.
They can no longer feel humiliation.
Therefore, they will fall among the fallen.
When I punish them, they will collapse,”(B)
says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:11 Lit of the daughter of My

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