Verse 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 personal delight in it, because it meant the destruction of his own people.
"At first glance Jeremiah’s comments appear to be blasphemous. . . . Rather must we see in such an utterance not so much a considered judgment, but the spontaneous reaction of a man who felt deeply about the tragedies of life, whether his own or those of others." [Note: Thompson, p. 222.]
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