Jeremiah 4:10 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 4:10

Ah, Lord God! - Alas! my Lord Yahweh: an expression of disapproval on Jeremiah’s part. Jeremiah had constantly to struggle against the misgivings of his own melancholy nature, but he never let them prevent him from doing his duty. See the introduction of Jeremiah.Ye shall have peace - These words are generally referred to the false prophets; they rather refer to real prophecies of future blessedness promised to the Jews. Jeremiah could not reconcile the doom he was now commanded to pronounce,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 4:10

Jeremiah 4:10. Then said I, Ah, Lord God! The Hebrew word, Aha, is a word expressive both of admiration and lamentation. Surely thou hast greatly deceived this people Hast suffered them to be deceived by their false prophets. These pretenders to prophecy studied only to speak pleasing things to the people, and sooth them up in their impenitency and carnal security; and thou hast, in thy just judgment, given them up to follow these delusions: compare 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12. Saying, Ye... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:5-31

The coming invasion (4:5-31)Jeremiah now pictures the terrible judgment that will fall on Judah if it does not repent. With the enemy army sweeping down upon Judah from the north, a trumpeter sounds the alarm and the people of Judah flee to their walled cities for safety (5-6). Like an enraged lion the enemy prepares to pounce upon its victim. God is about to pour out his anger on the unfaithful people (7-8).Judah’s leaders, both civil and religious, are shocked at the sudden catastrophe that... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 4:10

greatly deceived. Hebrew idiom for declaring that they would be deceived: i.e. by the false prophets who prophesied peace. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 4:10

"Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the life."We have called this the most difficult verse in the chapter; because, as it is written, we find it very difficult either to believe or to interpret. As it stands, it would have to be based upon the oriental conception that everything that happens is actually accomplished by Jehovah; and some commentators take that view; but in... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 4:10

Jeremiah 4:10. Then said I, &c.— And shall say, &c. The passage is very plain, from this version which I have given. According to the common interpretation it must mean, "Thou hast suffered this people to be deceived by false prophets:" for God, in the language of Scripture, is often said to do that which he barely allows or suffers to be done. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 4:10

10. thou hast . . . deceived—God, having even the false prophets in His hands, is here said to do that which for inscrutable purposes He permits them to do (Exodus 9:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:11; compare 2 Thessalonians 2:11- :; which passage shows that the dupes of error were self-prepared for it, and that God's predestination did not destroy their moral freedom as voluntary agents). The false prophets foretold "peace," and the Jews believed them; God overruled this to His purposes (Jeremiah 5:12;... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 4:5-10

The sounding of the alarm that invasion was coming 4:5-10 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 4:5-30

Yahweh’s declaration of divine judgment 4:5-6:30The Judahites-having sinned greatly (ch. 2)-failed to repent (Jeremiah 3:1 to Jeremiah 4:4). Consequently, judgment in the form of military invasion would overtake them. This whole section is an amplification and explanation of the overflowing cauldron vision in Jeremiah 1:13-16.This section provides a clear example of the mosaic structure of the Book of Jeremiah. It consists of 13 separate messages that all deal with the threat of approaching... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 4:10

Jeremiah reacted to this revelation, by objecting that the sovereign Lord had misled His people-by telling them that they would have peace when really they would have war. The basis of his charge seems to be that God had allowed false prophets to predict peace. [Note: See Chisholm, Handbook on . . ., p. 161; idem, "Does God Deceive?" Bibliotheca Sacra 155:617 (January-March 1998):18-19; and Robert P. Carroll, Jeremiah, pp. 161-62.] Even though Jeremiah announced this judgment, he took no... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 4:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 4:10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 4:5-31

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 4:10

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 4:10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 4:10

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 4:10

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 4:5-10

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 4:5-30

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 4:10

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