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Verse Jeremiah 4:10. _AH, LORD GOD! SURELY THOU HAST GREATLY DECEIVED
THIS_ _PEOPLE_] The _Targum_ paraphrases this verse thus: "And I said,
Receive my supplication, O Lord God; for, behold, the fals...
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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 pr...
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. True repentance and what it means (Jeremiah 4:1) _
2. The alarm sounded: judgment comes (Jeremiah 4:5)
3. The doom of the rebellious people (Jeremiah 4:14)
4. The desolation of I
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THE ENEMY'S APPROACH. Warning is given by the horn, and guidance, to
the refugees fleeing to Jerusalem, by the standard; they are bidden to
bring (their families) into safety (not flee for safety). Th...
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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....
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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
decei...
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CHAPTER SIX
SERMONS FROM THE REIGN OF JOSIAH
(Continued)
III. GOD'S WARNING To HIS PEOPLE
Jeremiah 4:5 to Jeremiah 6:26
Following his treatment of repentance Jeremiah takes up at length the
subject...
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Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this
people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword
reacheth unto the soul.
THOU HAST ... DECEIVED. God, having ev...
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THE PROPHET SETS FORTH THE SIN OF THE NATION AND POINTS OUT THE
INEVITABLE RESULT (REIGN OF JOSIAH, AND PROBABLY BEFORE THE REFORMS OF
THAT KING: CP. JEREMIAH 3:6)
This section furnishes us with the g...
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5-10. Destruction approaches Jerusalem....
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Jeremiah here struggles against the fate announced for the nation.
After all its glorious history and the many promises of coming glory
that prophets like Isaiah had made to it, was this to be the end...
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AH, LORD GOD! (literally, _my Lord Jehovah!_) SURELY THOU HAST GREATLY
DECEIVED THIS PEOPLE. — The words are startling, but are eminently
characteristic. Jeremiah had been led to utter words that told...
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וָ אֹמַ֞ר אֲהָ֣הּ ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה
אָכֵן֩ ה
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Jeremiah 5:1; Jeremiah 6:1
CHAPTER IV
THE SCYTHIANS AS THE SCOURGE OF GOD
Jeremiah 4:3 - Jeremiah 6:30
IF we would under
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Jehovah immediately promised that if Israel would return, she would be
established. Then the prophet declared that judgment was determined
on. He appealed to the people to repent, and that not in exte...
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Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly (h) deceived this
people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; though the sword
reacheth to the soul.
(h) By the false prophets who promised p...
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_Alas! Protestants, "Then I said: Ah! Lord God, surely thou hast
deceived," &c., (Haydock) by permitting the people to follow false
prophets, Isaias lxi. 17., and Psalm xliii. 19._...
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I read this verse alone, in order, by praying over it, to seek
instruction from the Lord, for the right apprehension of it. Jeremiah
could not mean to charge the Lord, with either the cause or the
con...
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Some so understand this passage as though the Prophet brought forward
what was said by the people; for all the most wicked, when oppressed
by God’s hand, usually cast the blame on him, and in their
co...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4, 5, AND 6.
Chapter 4 resumes the subject of Chapter s 2, 3, and, applying it at
that time to the people, tells them that, if they return, it must be
unto th...
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THEN SAID I, AH, LORD GOD!.... Expressing great sorrow and concern:
this "ah" is by way of lamentation. The Targum interprets it as a
petition,
"and I said, receive my prayer, O Lord God:''
SURELY T...
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Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this
people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword
reacheth unto the soul.
Ver. 10. _Surely thou hast greatly decei...
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_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...
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Then said I, Ah, Lord God! the prophet here recording the impression
which the declaration of the Lord made upon him; SURELY THOU HAST
GREATLY DECEIVED THIS PEOPLE AND JERUSALEM, in permitting the fal...
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DESCRIPTION OF THE JUDGMENT UNDER THREE EMBLEMS...
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5-18 The fierce conqueror of the neighbouring nations was to make
Judah desolate. The prophet was afflicted to see the people lulled
into security by false prophets. The approach of the enemy is
desc...
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AH, LORD GOD: the Hebrew _aha_ is a word both of admiration and
lamentation together; they are Jeremiah's words and complaint breathed
out in the great sorrow and. sighing of soul, which he expresseth...
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Jeremiah 4:10 said H559 (H8799) Ah H162 Lord H136 GOD H3069 Surely
H403 greatly H5377 (H8687) deceived...
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YHWH WARNS JUDAH THAT IF THEY WILL NOT REPENT FOR THEM TOO INVASION BY
A FIERCE ADVERSARY IS THREATENING AND WILL UNDOUBTEDLY COME BECAUSE OF
THEIR SINS (JEREMIAH 4:3).
If Judah will not respond to th...
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JUDAH ARE CALLED TO REPENTANCE AS WELL AS ISRAEL FOR THEY ARE STILL IN
THEIR LAND, AND, IF THEY WILL ONLY TRULY TURN TO HIM WITH GENUINELY
CHANGED HEARTS, CAN STILL LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE IN HOPE....
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Jeremiah 4:1. _If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return
unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight,
then shalt thou not remove. And thou shalt swear, The LORD l...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's second message, continued. Warning of the
consequences of sin and exhortation to return to God.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: It is the evil of men's doings that kindle...
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Jeremiah 4:3. _Break up your fallow ground._ Hebrews ניר _nir,
novale;_ make _new_ land, eradicate the thorns. Hosea 10:12. Our old
phrase, the fallow deer, seems to give the exact import of the word....
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 4:10 Jeremiah speaks in frustration. He
claims God has said that all SHALL BE WELL when in fact divine wrath
is coming. Apparently he quotes the false prophets ...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—_Chronology_ of the chapter,
_Contemporary Scriptures, Historic Facts, Contemporary History_ as in
chap. 3. 1. GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES. Jeremiah 4:5. “_Defenced
cities_....
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EXPOSITION
JEREMIAH 4:1, JEREMIAH 4:2
The form and structure of the translation require a change. Render,
_If thou wilt return_,_ O Israel_,_ saith Jehovah_,_ wilt return unto
me_;_ and if thou wilt...
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But if you will return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and
if you will put away thine abominations out of my sight, then you will
no longer be [moved or] removed. And thou shalt swear, The...
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1 Kings 22:20; 2 Thessalonians 2:9; Exodus 9:14; Ezekiel 11:13;...
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Deceived — Hast suffered them to be deceived by their false
prophets. Whereas — To persuade them it should be well with them,
when the sword is at the door, not only ready to take away the
comforts of...