Jeremiah 37:9 - Homilies By S. Conway

Be not deceived.

There was ground for this exhortation, and there is still. Then as now—

I. VERY MANY WERE DECEIVED .

II. APPEARANCES WERE DECEPTIVE .

III. NONE COULD CLAIM EXEMPTION FROM THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING DECEIVED .

IV. THERE WAS A TRAITOR WITHIN THE CAMP . Their hearts wished that to be true which they therefore thought to be true.

V. TO BE DECEIVED IS TO BE PLUNGED IN THE UTTERMOST OF SORROW .

VI. WE NEED NOT BE . There is One who says, "I will guide thee with my counsel."—C.