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.’”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jeremiah addresses Yahweh immediately after God declares He will reject Israel’s fasting and sacrifice and destroy them by sword, famine, and plague.

The words — אֲהָ֣הּ ('a.Hah) = alas! and הִנֵּ֨ה (hi.Neh) = look. Jeremiah uses these terms to introduce his report of the prophets’ contradictory message.

The thread — This conflict between false assurances and divine judgment appears in Jeremiah 6:14, Jeremiah 4:10, and Jeremiah 23:17.

Why it lands — The text demands readers distinguish between human claims of security and God’s declared reality of judgment. It requires rejecting comforting lies when they contradict divine warning.

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The Hebrew words

וָאֹמַ֞רva./'o.Marand/ I said אֲהָ֣הּ׀'a.Hahalas!אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiO Lord יְהוִ֗הYah.wehYahweh הִנֵּ֨הhi.Nehhere!הַנְּבִאִ֜יםha./ne.vi.'Imthe/ prophets אֹמְרִ֤ים'o.me.Rim[are] sayingלָהֶם֙la./Hemto <the>/ themלֹֽא־lo'-not תִרְא֣וּtir.'Uyou will see חֶ֔רֶבChe.revsword וְרָעָ֖בve./ra.'Avand/ famine לֹֽא־lo'-not יִהְיֶ֣הyih.Yehit will happenלָכֶ֑םla./Khemto <the>/ youכִּֽי־ki-for שְׁל֤וֹםshe.Lompeace of אֱמֶת֙'e.Metreliability אֶתֵּ֣ן'e.TenI will giveלָכֶ֔םla./Khemto <the>/ youבַּמָּק֖וֹםba./ma.Komin the/ place הַזֶּֽה׃ סha./Zeh<the>/ this

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Jeremiah 6:14 They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
Jeremiah 4:10 Then 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.”
Jeremiah 23:17 They 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.’
Micah 3:11 Her 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 2:1 Now 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 5:12 They 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.
Jeremiah 8:11 They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
Jeremiah 1:6 “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
Jeremiah 5:31 The 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 28:2 “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.