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Jeremiah 37:9

Faith

7 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.

8 Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.

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

10 Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”

11 When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!
KJV
Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
WEB
“The LORD says, ‘Don’t deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely depart from us;” for they will not depart.
ASV
Thus saith Jehovah, Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.
DARBY
Thus saith Jehovah: Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans are certainly gone away from us; for they are not gone.
BLB
Thus says YHWH: Do not deceive yourselves, saying, ‘The Chaldeans will surely depart from us.’ For they will not depart.
ÅB
Så sier Herren: Dere må ikke dåre dere selv og si: Kaldeerne skal dra bort fra oss! For de skal ikke dra bort;
OTB
Dette sier Herren: ‘Ikke bedrag dere selv ved å tenke, “Babylonerne vil sikkert forlate oss.” Det vil de ikke!
B1930
Så sier Herren: I må ikke dåre eder selv og si: Kaldeerne skal visselig dra bort fra oss! For de skal ikke dra bort;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

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?’

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  • Galatians 6:7

    Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

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  • 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.

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  • James 1:22

    Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

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  • Matthew 24:4–5

    Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.

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  • Galatians 6:3

    If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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