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The prophets keep telling them, &#8216You will not see the sword or suffer famine. Indeed, I will give you lasting peace in this place.&#8217&#8221 <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/14.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, their prophets are telling them, ‘All is well—no war or famine will come. The LORD will surely send you peace.’” <a href="/esv/jeremiah/14.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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.’” <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> “Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’” <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/14.htm">King James Bible</a> Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/14.htm">New King James Version</a> 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.’ ” <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But I said, “Oh, Lord GOD! Behold, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see a sword, nor will you have famine; on the contrary, I will give you lasting peace in this place.’” <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/14.htm">NASB 1995</a> But, &#8220Ah, Lord GOD!&#8221 I said, &#8220Look, the prophets are telling them, &#8216You will not see the sword nor will you have famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.&#8217&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a> But, “Ah, Lord GOD!” I said, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword nor will you have famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’” <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But, “Ah, Lord Yahweh!” I said, “Behold, the prophets are saying to them, ‘You will not see the sword nor will you have famine, but I will give you true peace in this place.’” <a href="/amp/jeremiah/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But I said, “Alas, Lord GOD! Behold, the [false] prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword nor will you have famine, but I [the LORD] will give you lasting peace in this place.’” <a href="/csb/jeremiah/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> And I replied, “Oh no, Lord GOD! The prophets are telling them, ‘You won’t see sword or suffer famine. I will certainly give you lasting peace in this place.’ ” <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> And I replied, &#8220Oh no, Lord GOD! The prophets are telling them, &#8216You won&#8217t see sword or suffer famine. I will certainly give you true peace in this place.&#8217&#8221 <a href="/asv/jeremiah/14.htm">American Standard Version</a> Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I replied, "The other prophets keep telling everyone that you won't send starvation or war, and that you're going to give us peace." <a href="/erv/jeremiah/14.htm">English Revised Version</a> Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then I said, "Almighty LORD, prophets are saying to them, 'You won't see wars or famines, because I, the LORD, will give you lasting peace in this place.'" <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/14.htm">Good News Translation</a> Then I said, "Sovereign LORD, you know that the prophets are telling the people that there will be no war or starvation, because you have promised, they say, that there will be only peace in our land." <a href="/isv/jeremiah/14.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD, look! The prophets are saying to them, 'You won't see the sword and you won't experience famine. Rather, I'll give you lasting peace in this place.'" <a href="/msb/jeremiah/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> ?Ah, Lord GOD!? I replied, ?Look, the prophets are telling them, ?You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.?? <a href="/net/jeremiah/14.htm">NET Bible</a> Then I said, "Oh, Lord GOD, look! The prophets are telling them that you said, 'You will not experience war or suffer famine. I will give you lasting peace and prosperity in this land.'" <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD. Look, the prophets tell them, 'You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.'" <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say to them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. <a href="/web/jeremiah/14.htm">World English Bible</a> Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, the prophets tell them, ‘You will not see the sword, neither will you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.’” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And I say, “Aah! Lord YHWH, behold, the prophets are saying to them: You do not see a sword, indeed, famine is not [on] you, for I give true peace to you in this place.” <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And I say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah, Lo, the prophets are saying to them: Ye do not see a sword, yea, famine is not to you, For true peace I give to you in this place.' <a href="/slt/jeremiah/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And saying, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, the prophets saying to them, Ye shall not see the sword, and famine shall not be to you; for the peace of truth will I give to you in this place.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</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. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And I said: “Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! The prophets are saying to them: ‘You will not see the sword, and there will be no famine among you. Instead, he will give you true peace in this place.’ ” <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/14.htm">New American Bible</a> “Ah! Lord GOD,” I replied, “it is the prophets who say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword; famine shall not befall you. Indeed, I will give you lasting peace in this place.’ ” <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then I said: “Ah, Lord GOD! Here are the prophets saying to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you true peace in this place.’”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Then I said, Hear me, I beseech thee, O LORD God! Behold, the prophets say to the people, You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace and justice in this country. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And I said: ‘I beg you, LORD JEHOVAH God, behold, the Prophets are saying to them, ‘You will not see the sword or famine, it shall not happen to you, but peace and truth I shall give to you in this place’”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Then said I: 'Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them: Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.' <a href="/sep/jeremiah/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And I said, O ever living Lord! behold, their prophets prophesy, and say, Ye shall not see a sword, nor shall famine be among you; for I will give truth and peace on the land, and in this place. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/14-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=4281" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/14.htm">Drought, Famine, Sword, Pestilence</a> …12Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.” 13<a href="/hebrew/162.htm" title="162: ’ă·hāh (Interjection) -- Alas! Apparently a primitive word expressing pain exclamatorily; Oh!">“Ah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD!”</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wā·’ō·mar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">I replied,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">“Look,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5030.htm" title="5030: han·nə·ḇi·’îm (Art:: N-mp) -- A spokesman, speaker, prophet. From naba'; a prophet or inspired man.">the prophets</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ō·mə·rîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">are telling</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">‘You will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: ṯir·’ū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">see</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ḥe·reḇ (N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">the sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">or suffer</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7458.htm" title="7458: wə·rā·‘āḇ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Famine, hunger. From ra'eb; hunger.">famine,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">but</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: ’et·tên (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I will give</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/571.htm" title="571: ’ĕ·meṯ (N-fs) -- Firmness, faithfulness, truth. Contracted from 'aman; stability; certainty, truth, trustworthiness.">lasting</a> <a href="/hebrew/7965.htm" title="7965: šə·lō·wm (N-msc) -- Or shalom; from shalam; safe, i.e. well, happy, friendly; also welfare, i.e. Health, prosperity, peace.">peace</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">in this</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: bam·mā·qō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">place.’”</a> 14“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Ezekiel 13:10-16</a> Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built, / tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth. / Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ‘Where is the whitewash with which you covered it?’ ... <a href="/matthew/7-15.htm">Matthew 7:15</a> Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a> While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. <a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Lamentations 2:14</a> The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading. <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1-3</a> Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. / Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. / In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep. <a href="/isaiah/30-10.htm">Isaiah 30:10-11</a> They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. / Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!” <a href="/micah/3-5.htm">Micah 3:5</a> This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths: <a href="/2_timothy/4-3.htm">2 Timothy 4:3-4</a> For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. / So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. <a href="/zechariah/13-3.htm">Zechariah 13:3</a> And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through. <a href="/matthew/24-11.htm">Matthew 24:11</a> and many false prophets will arise and deceive many. <a href="/deuteronomy/18-20.htm">Deuteronomy 18:20-22</a> But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death.” / You may ask in your heart, “How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?” / When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the message does not come to pass or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him. <a href="/1_john/4-1.htm">1 John 4:1</a> Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world. <a href="/jeremiah/23-16.htm">Jeremiah 23:16-17</a> This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD. / They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’ <a href="/romans/16-18.htm">Romans 16:18</a> For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. <a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm">Isaiah 56:10-11</a> Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber. / Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say to them, You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.Ah.<a href="/jeremiah/1-6.htm">Jeremiah 1:6</a> Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.<a href="/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Jeremiah 4:10</a> 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.behold.<a href="/jeremiah/5-31.htm">Jeremiah 5:31</a> The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?<a href="/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Jeremiah 6:14</a> They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.<a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Jeremiah 8:11</a> For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.assured peace.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Ah</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-8.htm">Assured</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Food</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-12.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-16.htm">Lasting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-12.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-13.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-12.htm">Short</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">Suffer</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/psalms/78-4.htm">Telling</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-10.htm">True.</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/22-18.htm">Ah</a> <a href="/daniel/4-26.htm">Assured</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-15.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-15.htm">Food</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-20.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-21.htm">Lasting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-19.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-14.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-17.htm">Short</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-17.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-19.htm">Suffer</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-15.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-8.htm">Telling</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-5.htm">True.</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 14</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/14-1.htm">The grievous famine,</a> 7. <a href="/jeremiah/14-7.htm">causes Jeremiah to pray.</a> 10. <a href="/jeremiah/14-10.htm">The Lord will not be entreated for the people.</a> 13. <a href="/jeremiah/14-13.htm">false prophets are no excuse for them.</a> 17. <a href="/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah is moved to complain for them.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>“Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, This phrase reflects Jeremiah's deep emotional response and his intimate relationship with God. The use of "Ah" indicates a lament or a plea, showing Jeremiah's distress over the situation. The title "Lord GOD" (Adonai Yahweh) emphasizes God's sovereignty and covenant relationship with Israel. Jeremiah often uses this title to address God, highlighting his role as a prophet who intercedes for the people (<a href="/jeremiah/1-6.htm">Jeremiah 1:6, 4</a>:10).“Look, the prophets are telling them,” Jeremiah contrasts his message with that of the false prophets. In the historical context, many prophets in Judah were claiming to speak for God, but their messages contradicted Jeremiah's warnings of judgment. This reflects a common issue in ancient Israel where false prophets would arise, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/18-20.htm">Deuteronomy 18:20-22</a>, which warns against such deception.‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine,’ The false prophets were promising safety and prosperity, directly opposing Jeremiah's prophecies of impending disaster due to the people's unfaithfulness. This false assurance of peace is reminiscent of the warnings in <a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Ezekiel 13:10-16</a>, where false prophets are condemned for misleading the people with visions of peace when there is none.‘but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’” The promise of "lasting peace" was a deceptive message that contradicted the reality of God's impending judgment. The term "peace" (shalom) is significant in Hebrew culture, encompassing not just the absence of conflict but also well-being and prosperity. This false promise is a stark contrast to the true peace that comes from obedience to God, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/26-3.htm">Isaiah 26:3</a>. The false prophets' message is a counterfeit of the true peace that Christ, the Prince of Peace, offers (<a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Isaiah 9:6</a>), highlighting the danger of relying on human assurances rather than divine truth.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his messages of warning and calls for repentance to the people of Judah. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_prophets.htm">The Prophets</a> False prophets in Judah who were misleading the people by proclaiming peace and safety contrary to God's true message through Jeremiah. 3. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, facing impending judgment due to their disobedience and idolatry. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who communicates His displeasure with the false prophets and the people's disobedience. 5. <a href="/topical/s/sword_and_famine.htm">Sword and Famine</a> Symbols of impending judgment and calamity that God warns will come upon Judah due to their unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/discernment_of_true_prophecy.htm">Discernment of True Prophecy</a> Believers must seek discernment to distinguish between true and false messages, aligning with God's Word and character. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_false_assurance.htm">Consequences of False Assurance</a> False assurances of peace can lead to complacency and unpreparedness for God's judgment. We must remain vigilant and responsive to God's true warnings. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_a_true_prophet.htm">The Role of a True Prophet</a> A true prophet speaks God's truth, even when it is unpopular or difficult. We are called to uphold truth in our own lives and communities. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_complacency.htm">The Danger of Complacency</a> Complacency in spiritual matters can lead to severe consequences. We must actively pursue righteousness and heed God's warnings. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God's Sovereignty and Justice</a> God's warnings of judgment remind us of His sovereignty and justice. We are called to trust in His righteous plans and respond with repentance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 14</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_false_prophets.htm">Jeremiah 14:13–16: If God is omniscient and just, why allow false prophets to deceive so many without immediate correction? </a> <a href="/q/do_jer_42's_promises_conflict_with_jer_43.htm">Do the promises in Jer 42 about the safety of the remnant conflict with the calamities in Jer 43?</a> <a href="/q/is_there_historical_proof_of_false_prophets.htm">Jeremiah 6:14 says false prophets treat serious sins lightly; is there any external historical evidence verifying these supposed prophets or their teachings? </a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_permit_deception.htm">Why does God permit deception?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) Ah, Lord God!--Literally, as in <a href="/jeremiah/1-6.htm" title="Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.">Jeremiah 1:6</a>, Alas, my Lord (Adona?) Jehovah! We have had in <a href="/jeremiah/5-31.htm" title="The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end thereof?">Jeremiah 5:31</a> a glimpse of the evil influence of the great body of the prophetic order; and now the true prophet feels more bitterly than ever the misery of having to contend against it. The colleges or schools of the prophets had rapidly degenerated from their first ideal, and had become (as the Mendicant Orders did in the history of mediaeval Christendom) corrupt, ambitious, seekers after popularity. So Micah (<a href="/context/micah/3-8.htm" title="But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.">Micah 3:8-11</a>), whose words were yet fresh in the memories of men (see <a href="/jeremiah/26-18.htm" title="Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus said the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.">Jeremiah 26:18</a>), had spoken sharp words of the growing evil. So Ezekiel through one whole chapter (Jeremiah 13) inveighs against the guilt of the prophets, male or female, who followed their own spirit, and had seen no true vision.Ye shall not see . . .--To the eye of Jeremiah the future was clear. The sins of the people must lead to shame, defeat, and exile. Out of that discipline, but only through that, they might return with a better mind to better days. The false prophets took the easier and more popular line of predicting victory and "assured peace" (literally, peace of truth, i.e., true peace) for the people and their city.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - "Pleading with Providence, the good prophet lays the blame on ill teaching, but the stern answer (Ver. 14), admitting the plea as true, rejects it as inadequate (Ver. 14), and denounces sorrows which (Vers. 17-22) the prophet passionately deprecates" (Rowland Williams). Ah, Lord God! rather, Alas! O Lord Jehovah (see on Jeremiah 1:6). The prophets say unto them. The greater part of the prophetic order had not kept pace with its more spiritual members (Isaiah, Jeremiah, etc.). They still traded on those natural gifts of divination (<a href="/micah/3-6.htm">Micah 3:6</a>) which were, no doubt, where genuine, of Divine origin, but which, even then, needed to be supplemented and controlled by a special impulse from the Spirit of holiness. Jeremiah, however, declares, on the authority of a revelation, that these prophets did not divine by any God-given faculty, but "the deceit of their own heart" (Ver. 14). The Deuteronomic Torah, discovered after a period of concealment at the outset of Jeremiah's ministry, energetically forbids the practice of the art of divination (<a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Deuteronomy 18:10</a>). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/14-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>“Ah, אֲהָ֣הּ ׀ (’ă·hāh) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_162.htm">Strong's 162: </a> Alas! Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> The Lord GOD!” יְהוִ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> YHWH I replied, וָאֹמַ֞ר (wā·’ō·mar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “Look, הִנֵּ֨ה (hin·nêh) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! the prophets הַנְּבִאִ֜ים (han·nə·ḇi·’îm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5030.htm">Strong's 5030: </a> A spokesman, speaker, prophet are telling them, אֹמְרִ֤ים (’ō·mə·rîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say ‘You will not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no see תִרְא֣וּ (ṯir·’ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> To see the sword חֶ֔רֶב (ḥe·reḇ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword or suffer יִהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be famine, וְרָעָ֖ב (wə·rā·‘āḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7458.htm">Strong's 7458: </a> Famine, hunger but כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction I will give אֶתֵּ֣ן (’et·tên) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set you לָכֶ֔ם (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> lasting אֱמֶת֙ (’ĕ·meṯ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_571.htm">Strong's 571: </a> Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness peace שְׁל֤וֹם (šə·lō·wm) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7965.htm">Strong's 7965: </a> Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace in this הַזֶּֽה׃ (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that place.’” בַּמָּק֖וֹם (bam·mā·qō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> A standing, a spot, a condition <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/14-13.htm">Jeremiah 14:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/14-13.htm">Jeremiah 14:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/14-13.htm">Jeremiah 14:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/14-13.htm">Jeremiah 14:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/14-13.htm">Jeremiah 14:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/14-13.htm">Jeremiah 14:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/14-13.htm">Jeremiah 14:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/14-13.htm">Jeremiah 14:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/14-13.htm">Jeremiah 14:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/14-13.htm">Jeremiah 14:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-13.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 14:13 Then said I Ah Lord Yahweh! 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