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Jeremiah 14:13

“Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”

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ASV

Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! 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.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וָאֹמַ֞רva.'o.Marand I saidH559 →
אֲהָ֣הּ׀'a.Hahalas!H162 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiO LordH136 →
יְהוִ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3069 →
הִנֵּ֨הhi.Nehhere!H2009 →
הַנְּבִאִ֜יםha.ne.vi.'Imthe prophetsH5030 →
אֹמְרִ֤ים'o.me.Rim[are] sayingH559 →
לָהֶם֙la.Hemto <the> them
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
תִרְא֣וּtir.'Uyou will seeH7200 →
חֶ֔רֶבChe.revswordH2719 →
וְרָעָ֖בve.ra.'Avand famineH7458 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
יִהְיֶ֣הyih.Yehit will happenH1961 →
לָכֶ֑םla.Khemto <the> you
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
שְׁל֤וֹםshe.Lompeace ofH7965 →
אֱמֶת֙'e.MetreliabilityH571 →
אֶתֵּ֣ן'e.TenI will giveH5414 →
לָכֶ֔םla.Khemto <the> you
בַּמָּק֖וֹםba.ma.Komin the placeH4725 →
הַזֶּֽה׃ סha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →

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Jeremiah 32:17“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!Jeremiah 6:14They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.Jeremiah 23:17They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’Jeremiah 4:10Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”Micah 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”2 Peter 2:1Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.Jeremiah 5:13The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”Jeremiah 8:11They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.Jeremiah 5:12They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.Ezekiel 13:10Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,Isaiah 28:15For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”Jeremiah 28:9As for the prophet who prophesies peace, only if the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as one the LORD has truly sent.”Ezekiel 13:10–16Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,Ezekiel 13:22Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,Jeremiah 28:2–5“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?Jeremiah 1:6“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”Hosea 9:8The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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