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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Jeremiah 4:10 Catholic Bible: Then I said, "Sovereign LORD, you have completely deceived the people of Jerusalem! You have said there would be peace, but a sword is at their throats." </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/jeremiah/4-10.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/jeremiah/4-10.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/jeremiah/4-10.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/jeremiah/1.htm">Jeremiah</a> > <a href="/gntd/jeremiah/4.htm">Chapter 4</a> > Verse 10</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jeremiah/4-9.htm" title="Jeremiah 4:9">◄</a> Jeremiah 4:10 <a href="../jeremiah/4-11.htm" title="Jeremiah 4:11">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/4.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/jeremiah/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then I said, "Sovereign LORD, you have completely deceived the people of Jerusalem! You have said there would be peace, but a sword is at their throats." <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how utterly you have deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘It shall be well with you,’ even while the sword is at the throat!”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/jeremiah/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I said, "You are the LORD God. So why have you fooled everyone, especially the people of Jerusalem? Why did you promise peace, when a knife is at our throats?" <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />“Ah! Lord GOD,” they will say, “You really did deceive us When you said: You shall have peace, while the sword was at our very throats.” <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/jeremiah/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I said: Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God, hast thou then deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying: You shall have peace: and behold the sword reacheth even to the soul?<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And I said: Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God, hast thou then deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying: You shall have peace: and behold the sword reacheth even to the soul?</p><p class="hdg">ah</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jeremiah/1-6.htm">Jeremiah 1:6</a> And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God: behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jeremiah/14-13.htm">Jeremiah 14:13</a> And I said: Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God, the prophets say to them: You shall not see the sword, and there shall be no famine among you, but he will give you true peace in this place.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jeremiah/32-17.htm">Jeremiah 32:17</a> Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God, behold thou hast made heaven and earth by thy great power, and thy stretched out arm: no word shall be hard to thee:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ezekiel/11-13.htm">Ezekiel 11:13</a> And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pheltias the son of Banaias died: and I fell down upon my face, and I cried with a loud voice: and said: Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God: wilt thou make an end of all the remnant of Israel?</p><p class="hdg">surely</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jeremiah/14-13.htm">Jeremiah 14:13,14</a> And I said: Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God, the prophets say to them: You shall not see the sword, and there shall be no famine among you, but he will give you true peace in this place. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_kings/22-20.htm">1 Kings 22:20-23</a> And the Lord said: Who shall deceive Achab, king of Israel, that he may go up, and fall at Ramoth Galaad? And one spoke words of this manner, and another otherwise. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/63-17.htm">Isaiah 63:17</a> Why hast thou made us to err, O Lord, from thy ways: why hast thou hardened our heart, that we should not fear thee? return for the sake of thy servants, the tribes of thy inheritance.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ezekiel/14-9.htm">Ezekiel 14:9,10</a> And when the prophet shall err, and speak a word: I the Lord have deceived that prophet: and I will stretch forth my hand upon him, and will cut him off from the midst of my people Israel. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../romans/1-24.htm">Romans 1:24,26,28</a> Wherefore, God gave them up to the desires of their heart, unto uncleanness: to dishonour their own bodies among themselves. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_thessalonians/2-9.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:9-12</a> Whose coming is according to the working of Satan, in all power and signs and lying wonders: . . . </p><p class="hdg">ye shall have</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jeremiah/5-12.htm">Jeremiah 5:12</a> They have denied the Lord, and said, It is not he: and the evil shall not come upon us: we shall not see the sword and famine.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jeremiah/6-14.htm">Jeremiah 6:14</a> And they healed the breach of the daughter of my people disgracefully, saying: Peace, peace: and there was no peace.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jeremiah/8-11.htm">Jeremiah 8:11</a> And they healed the breach of the daughter of my people disgracefully, saying: Peace, peace: when there was no peace.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jeremiah/23-17.htm">Jeremiah 23:17</a> They say to them that blaspheme me: The Lord hath said: You shall have peace: and to every one that walketh in the perverseness of his own heart, they have said: No evil shall come upon you.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/30-10.htm">Isaiah 30:10</a> Who say to the seers: See not: and to them that behold: Behold not for us those things that are right: speak unto us pleasant things, see errors for us.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/37-35.htm">Isaiah 37:35</a> And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.</p><p class="hdg">the sword</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jeremiah/4-18.htm">Jeremiah 4:18</a> Thy ways, and thy devices have brought these things upon thee: this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it hath touched thy heart.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../exodus/9-14.htm">Exodus 9:14</a> For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayst know that there is none like me in all the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../lamentations/2-21.htm">Lamentations 2:21</a> Sin. The child and the old man lie without on the ground: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: thou hast slain them in the day of thy wrath: thou hast killed, and shewn them no pity.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/jeremiah/4.htm">Disaster from the North</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord: That the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes: and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall be amazed. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl">And I said: Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God, hast thou then deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying: You shall have peace: and behold the sword reacheth even to the soul?</span><span class="reftext">11</span>At that time it shall be said to this people, and to Jerusalem: A burning wind is in the ways that are in the desert of the way of the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_thessalonians/2-11.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:11</a></span><br />That all may be judged who have not believed the truth but have consented to iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../exodus/5-22.htm">Exodus 5:22</a></span><br />And Moses returned to the Lord, and said: Lord, why hast thou afflicted this people? wherefore hast thou sent me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../jeremiah/5-12.htm">Jeremiah 5:12</a></span><br />They have denied the Lord, and said, It is not he: and the evil shall not come upon us: we shall not see the sword and famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../jeremiah/14-13.htm">Jeremiah 14:13</a></span><br />And I said: Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God, the prophets say to them: You shall not see the sword, and there shall be no famine among you, but he will give you true peace in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../jeremiah/32-17.htm">Jeremiah 32:17</a></span><br />Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God, behold thou hast made heaven and earth by thy great power, and thy stretched out arm: no word shall be hard to thee:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../ezekiel/14-9.htm">Ezekiel 14:9</a></span><br />And when the prophet shall err, and speak a word: I the Lord have deceived that prophet: and I will stretch forth my hand upon him, and will cut him off from the midst of my people Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/1-6.htm">Ah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-6.htm">Alas</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-20.htm">Deceived</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-19.htm">Entirely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-21.htm">Forgotten</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-1.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-5.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-27.htm">Life</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-12.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-9.htm">Reached</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-28.htm">Reaches</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-9.htm">Reacheth</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-22.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-2.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-25.htm">Throat</a> <a href="/psalms/149-6.htm">Throats</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-29.htm">Touches</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-21.htm">True.</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-12.htm">Utterly</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-15.htm">Whereas</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-12.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/14-13.htm">Ah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-4.htm">Alas</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-7.htm">Deceived</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-12.htm">Entirely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-25.htm">Forgotten</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-19.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-11.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-3.htm">Life</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Reached</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Reaches</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Reacheth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-13.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-2.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-12.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/matthew/18-28.htm">Throat</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-16.htm">Throats</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-10.htm">Touches</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-5.htm">True.</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-11.htm">Utterly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-25.htm">Whereas</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-14.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Jeremiah 4:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Jeremiah 4:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Jeremiah 4:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Jeremiah 4:10 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Jeremiah 4:10 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Jeremiah 4:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Jeremiah 4:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Jeremiah 4:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Jeremiah 4:10 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: a Ah and at by completely deceived GOD have how I is Jerusalem LORD our peace people said saying Sovereign Surely sword the Then this throat throats touches utterly when whereas will you<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/jeremiah/4-10.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 4:10 Then said I Ah Lord Yahweh! 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