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10 Then I said, “[a]Alas, Lord God! Surely You have completely deceived and misled this people and Jerusalem, [for the prophets represented You as] saying [to Your people], ‘You will have peace,’ but [in fact] a sword reaches to their throat.”

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  1. Jeremiah 4:10 Jeremiah could not reconcile the tragedy he was now commanded to announce with his previous prophecy.

10 Then I said, “Oh, Lord [a]God! Surely You have utterly (A)deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘(B)You will have peace’; yet a sword touches the [b]throat.”

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  1. Jeremiah 4:10 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  2. Jeremiah 4:10 Or life