Jeremiah 37:9

This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh addresses the besieged people of Jerusalem through the prophet Jeremiah. He confronts their false confidence that the Chaldean army will permanently withdraw.

The words — The Hebrew תַּשִּׁ֤אוּ (ta.Shi.'u) literally means "you lift" or "you bear," used here to denote self-deception. The prohibitive particle אַל־ ('al-) commands "do not," forming a direct injunction against trusting the lie that the Chaldeans will depart.

The thread — This warning against self-deception parallels Jeremiah 29:8, which forbids trusting prophets who promise false security. It also echoes the New Testament caution in Matthew 24:4 to guard against deception regarding end-times events.

Why it lands — The text demands immediate rejection of comforting lies when they contradict divine declaration. It requires readers to align their expectations with God’s stated outcome rather than human hope.

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The Hebrew words

כֹּ֣ה׀kohthus אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe says יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahweh אַל־'al-may not תַּשִּׁ֤אוּta.Shi.'uyou deceive נַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶם֙naf.sho.tei./Khemselves/ your לֵאמֹ֔רle./Mor<to>/ saying הָלֹ֛ךְha.Lokhcertainly <to go>יֵלְכ֥וּye.le.Khuthey will go מֵעָלֵ֖ינוּme./'a.Lei./nufrom/ on <the>/ us הַכַּשְׂדִּ֑יםha./kas.Dimthe/ Chaldeans כִּי־ki-for לֹ֖אlo'not יֵלֵֽכוּ׃ye.Le.khuthey will go

King James Version

Thus saith the Lord; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.

Cross-references

Obadiah 1:3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
Jeremiah 29:8 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.
Matthew 24:4 Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.
Galatians 6:3 If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let 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.
James 1:22 Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
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.