Jeremiah 4:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then I said: Ah, Lord GOD! surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, You shall have peace; whereas the sword reaches to the soul.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֹמַ֞ר אֲהָ֣הּ ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה אָכֵן֩ הַשֵּׁ֨א הִשֵּׁ֜אתָ לָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ וְלִירוּשָׁלַ֣͏ִם לֵאמֹ֔ר שָׁל֖וֹם יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֑ם וְנָגְעָ֥ה חֶ֖רֶב עַד־הַנָּֽפֶשׁ׃

Transliteration

And ʾōmar, ʾăhāh ʾădōnāy Yhwh, surely haššēʾ hiššēʾtā to ʿām the zeh and to Yərûšālaim lēʾmōr, šālôm yihyeh to you; and nāgəʿāh ḥereb unto the nāpeš

Grammar Details

• *ʾōmar*: qal imperfect, 1st common singular + vav consecutive - I said
• *ʾăhāh*: interjection - ah!/alas!
• *ʾădōnāy*: noun with 1st common plural suffix used as divine title - my Lord
• *Yhwh*: divine name - LORD/Yahweh
• *haššēʾ*: hiphil infinitive absolute - utterly deceive
• *hiššēʾtā*: hiphil perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have deceived
• *ʿām*: masculine singular noun - people
• *zeh*: masculine singular demonstrative pronoun - this
• *Yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *lēʾmōr*: qal infinitive construct - saying
• *šālôm*: masculine singular noun - peace/welfare
• *yihyeh*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will be
• *nāgəʿāh*: qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - has touched/reached
• *ḥereb*: feminine singular noun - sword
• *nāpeš*: feminine singular noun - soul/life

Word Meanings

• *ʾōmar*: said/thought/declared
• *ʾăhāh*: ah!/alas!/oh!
• *ʾădōnāy*: my Lord/Master/Sovereign
• *haššēʾ* *hiššēʾtā*: utterly deceived/completely misled/thoroughly deluded
• *ʿām*: people/nation/folk
• *zeh*: this/these
• *lēʾmōr*: saying/to say
• *šālôm*: peace/welfare/prosperity
• *nāgəʿāh*: touched/reached/struck
• *ḥereb*: sword/knife/cutting instrument
• *nāpeš*: soul/life/throat

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then I said, 'Ah, Lord GOD, surely you have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You will have peace,’ when the sword is at their throats.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and usalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then said{H559} I, Ah,{H162} Lord{H136} Jehovah!{H3069} surely{H403} thou hast greatly{H5377} deceived{H5377} this people{H5971} and Jerusalem,{H3389} saying,{H559} Ye shall have peace;{H7965} whereas the sword{H2719} reacheth{H5060} unto the life.{H5315}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then said{H559}{(H8799)} I, Ah{H162}, Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}! surely{H403} thou hast greatly{H5377}{(H8687)} deceived{H5377}{(H8689)} this people{H5971} and Jerusalem{H3389}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Ye shall have peace{H7965}; whereas the sword{H2719} reacheth{H5060}{(H8804)} unto the soul{H5315}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then sayde I: O LORDE God, hast thou then disceaued this people and Ierusalem, sayenge: ye shall haue peace, and now the swearde goeth thorow their lyues?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then saide I, Ah, Lord God, surely thou hast deceiued this people and Ierusalem, saying, Ye shall haue peace, and the sworde perceth vnto the heart.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then sayde I: Oh Lorde God, hast thou then deceaued this people and Hierusalem, saying, Ye shall haue peace: and nowe the sworde goeth through their lyues?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then said I, Ah, Lord Yahweh! surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, You shall have peace; whereas the sword reaches to the life.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, Surely thou hast entirely forgotten this people and Jerusalem, saying, Peace is for you, And struck hath a sword unto the soul!'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the life.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the life.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then said I, Ah, Lord God! your words were not true when you said to this people and to Jerusalem, You will have peace; when the sword has come even to the soul.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh! Surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, 'You shall have peace;' whereas the sword reaches to the heart."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  In response to all this I said,“Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have surely allowed the people of Judah and Jerusalem to be deceived by those who say,‘You will be safe!’ But in fact a sword is already at our throats.”

Referenced Verses

• Jer 5:12 : 12 They have denied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
• Jer 6:14 : 14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
• Jer 8:11 : 11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
• Jer 14:13-14 : 13 Then I said, 'Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, the prophets say to them, 'You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.'' 14 Then the LORD said to me, 'The prophets prophesy lies in My name; I have not sent them, nor commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision and divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart.'
• Jer 23:17 : 17 They still say to those who despise me, 'The LORD has said, You shall have peace.' And they say to everyone who walks after the imagination of his own heart, 'No evil shall come upon you.'
• Jer 32:17 : 17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, you have made the heaven and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm, and there is nothing too hard for you:
• Lam 2:21 : 21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword; You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have killed, and not pitied.
• Ezek 11:13 : 13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! will you make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?
• Ezek 14:9-9 : 9 And if the prophet is deceived when he has spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. 10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him who seeks unto him;
• Rom 1:24 : 24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies among themselves,
• Rom 1:26 : 26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions: for even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature.
• Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
• 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be condemned who did not believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
• Exod 9:14 : 14 For at this time I will send all my plagues upon your heart, upon your servants, and upon your people; that you may know there is none like me in all the earth.
• 1 Kgs 22:20-23 : 20 And the Lord said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. 21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him. 22 And the Lord said to him, How? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, You shall persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. 23 Now therefore, behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all of these prophets of yours, and the Lord has spoken evil concerning you.
• Isa 30:10 : 10 Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
• Isa 37:35 : 35 For I will defend this city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
• Isa 63:17 : 17 O LORD, why have you made us to stray from your ways, and hardened our heart from your fear? Return for your servants' sake, the tribes of your inheritance.
• Jer 1:6 : 6 Then I said, Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
• Jer 4:18 : 18 Your way and your deeds have procured these things for you; this is your wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reaches to your heart.