Jeremiah 37:9
in Jeremiah 37This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thus saith Jehovah, Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.
KJV
Thus saith the Lord; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
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This verse in Jeremiah 37
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet
on Jeremiah 37:6-10
Pharaoh’s army “will go back to its own land of Egypt,” and the Chaldeans will return, capture the city, and burn it. The LORD names the city’s hope as self-deception: “Do not deceive yourselves.” In verse 10, even “wounded men” left in their tents would rise and burn the city.
This site's exposition
Do not deceive yourselves
Matthew Henry comments that even Satan could make no headway with people who refused to deceive themselves. So those who hoped Babylon had gone for good were their own deceivers. The prophets of verse 19 had fed that hope.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Thus saith the Lord, deceive not yourselves,....
Note, Satan himself, though he is the great deceiver, could not deceive us if we did not deceive ourselves; and thus sinners are their own destroyers by being their own deceivers, of which this is an aggravation that they are so frequently warned of it and cautioned not to deceive themselves, and they have the word of God, the great design of which is to undeceive them.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּ֣ה׀ | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֣ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אַל־ | ʾal- | may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| תַּשִּׁ֤אוּ | tashiu | you deceive | H5377 → | 16 times |
| נַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶם֙ | nafshoteikhem | selves your | H5315 → | 754 times |
| לֵאמֹ֔ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הָלֹ֛ךְ | halokh | certainly <to go> | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| יֵלְכ֥וּ | yelekhu | they will go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| מֵעָלֵ֖ינוּ | mealeinu | from on <the> us | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַכַּשְׂדִּ֑ים | hakasdim | the Chaldeans | H3778 → | 80 times |
| כִּי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לֹ֖א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יֵלֵֽכוּ׃ | yelekhu | they will go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
כֹּ֣ה׀thus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַ֣רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אַל־may not
ʾal-H408 →724 times
תַּשִּׁ֤אוּyou deceive
tashiuH5377 →16 times
נַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶם֙selves your
nafshoteikhemH5315 →754 times
לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
הָלֹ֛ךְcertainly <to go>
halokhH1980 →1546 times
יֵלְכ֥וּthey will go
yelekhuH1980 →1546 times
מֵעָלֵ֖ינוּfrom on <the> us
mealeinuH5921 →5755 times
הַכַּשְׂדִּ֑יםthe Chaldeans
hakasdimH3778 →80 times
כִּי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
לֹ֖אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יֵלֵֽכוּ׃they will go
yelekhuH1980 →1546 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
James 1:22Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
it leads to
- Romans 2:13
For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.
- Luke 6:46–48
Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I say?
- John 13:17
If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
- James 4:17
Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
- 1 John 2:3
By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
- Romans 2:13
Through
2 Thessalonians 2:3Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.
it leads to
- Ephesians 5:6
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 24:4–6
Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.
- 1 John 2:18
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.
- Ephesians 5:6
About Jeremiah

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
