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Jeremiah 14:13

Then said I, Ah, Lord God! Behold, the prophets, namely, the false prophets who were influencing the people for evil, say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place, literally, "peace of truth or faithfulness," that is, a sure and lasting peace. By such vain promises the false prophets tried to maintain their leadership among the people and to lead them astray.

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See also Jeremiah 14:13 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 14:13. _AH, LORD GOD! BEHOLD, THE PROPHETS SAY UNTO THEM_] True, Lord, they are exceedingly wicked; but the false prophets have deceived them; this is some mitigation of their offense....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The false prophets in Jeremiah’s days were so numerous and influential an to counteract and almost nullify the influence of the true prophet. We find in Isaiah the first indications of the internal de...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH 14:1 TO JEREMIAH 15:9. THE DROUGHT IN JUDAH, AND JEREMIAH'S CONSEQUENT INTERCESSION. The date of this disaster is unknown, but some year in the latter half of Jehoiakim's reign is most probab...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    See introductory summary to section....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _assured peace_ mg. Heb. _peace of truth_(stability). They may have sought to support their reassuring assertions by reference to such utterances as those of Isaiah 37:33 ff....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    For the attitude of the false prophets and their relation to the true see Intr. pp. xxxii. f.; also xxiii. 9 ff....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. The Prophet's Second Petition Rejected Jeremiah 14:13-18 TRANSLATION (13) And I said, Ah Lord GOD, Behold, the prophets are saying to them, You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine;...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. THEN SAID I, AH, LORD GOD!...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-6. Description of the drought....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Jeremiah pleads that the false prophets have misled the people....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AH, LORD GOD! — Literally, as in Jeremiah 1:6, _Alas, my Lord_ (_Adonaï_)_ Jehovah!_ We have had in Jeremiah 5:31 a glimpse of the evil influence of the great body of the prophetic order; and now the...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וָ אֹמַ֞ר אֲהָ֣הּ ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה הִנֵּ֨ה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER IX THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 15:1 (17?) VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these Chapter s. They have been cut up into short sect...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    We now come to the second division of the Book, that containing the account of the prophet's ministry. This falls into three sections: prophecies before the fall of Jerusalem (14-39), prophecies after...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the (k) prophets say to them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. (k) He pities the people, an...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Ah. Hebrew has only one exclamation, or three letters, which Aquila renders, Ah, ah, ah., chap. i. 6., and Ezechiel iv. 14. (Haydock) --- Jeremias lays the blame on false prophets. (Calmet) --- Yet t...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Faithful ministers cannot but feel grief at the conduct of false teachers, who prophecy smooth things, and prophecy deceit. Jeremiah had to encounter with many in his days, of this description and no...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    The Prophet no doubt relates what he had expressed in prayer to God; but yet he has a reference to the people. He then prayed in the manner he now relates; but he renders public the prayers he offered...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Chapter 14 refers to a famine which took place in the land. The desolation of Jerusalem by the sword and by famine is again declared. But observe here the touching intercession of Jeremiah 14:7-9; and...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN SAID I, AH, LORD GOD!.... Being grieved at heart for the people, because he was forbid to pray for them, and because the Lord had resolved on the ruin of them; and the rather he pitied them, beca...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. Ver. 13. _Ah, Lord God!_] The...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Ah, Lord God! Behold the prophets_, &c. See note on Jeremiah 4:10. _Thus saith the Lord_ And what he saith he will assuredly make good; _By the sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed_ They...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    ASSURED PEACE: _ Heb._ peace of truth...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    10-16 The Lord calls the Jews "this people," not "his people." They had forsaken his service, therefore he would punish them according to their sins. He forbade Jeremiah to plead for them. The false...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    We have many complaints of this prophet against false prophets that contradicted his prophecies, JEREMIAH 4:10, JEREMIAH 23:9, and we shall hereafter meet with the names of some of them. Corrupt gover...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 14:13 said H559 (H8799) Ah H162 Lord H136 GOD H3069 prophets H5030 say H559 (H8802) see...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YHWH INFORMS JEREMIAH THAT HE WILL NO LONGER HEAR HIS PEOPLE BUT RATHER INTENDS TO CONTINUE TO VISIT THEM WITH THE SWORD AND WITH FAMINE (JEREMIAH 14:11). Once again we learn with something of a shock...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    In some respects, Jeremiah is one of the greatest of the ancient prophets, for he had most sorrowful task to perform. He had not to deliver a message full of Evangelical comfort, like that of Isaiah;...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Message on the drought. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Man's sins bring those judgments upon the earth which make even the inferior creatures to groan. There will come a time when...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 14:3. _They found no water._ The latter rain had been denied, as in Jeremiah 3:3; and as Moses had foretold. Deuteronomy 11:17;...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I will give you assured peace._ ASSURED PEACE I. Human life wants it. 1. Uncertainty troubles our life. 2. Delusions embitter our heart. 3. Misgivings weary our soul. II. God alone can give it....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet; therefore the Lord doth net accept them._ JEHOVAH’S REFUSAL TO ALLOW INTERCESSION TO PREVAIL I. The Lord’s answer to the prophet’...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY of the Chapter. This and chapter 15 form one prophecy (although Lange, Keil, and others connect Chapter s 14 to 17, regarding them as interwoven and synchr...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This chapter must be read in connection with the following one. They describe chiefly Jeremiah's twofold attempt at intercession (see verses 7-9 and 19-22)—a tender and appealing attempt in...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the deaRuth (Jeremiah 14:1). For a drought filled the land. Judah mourns, and the gates languish; they are black upon the ground; and the cry of...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Peter 2:1; Ezekiel 13:10; Ezekiel 13:22; Jeremiah 1:6; Jeremiah

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