Jeremiah 14:13 - The Scriptures 1998

¹³ But I said, “Ah, Master יהוה! See, the prophets say to them, ‘You are not to see a sword, nor have scarcity of food, for I give you true peace in this place.’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ Then said I, Alas, Lord God! Behold, the [false] prophets say to them, You will not see the sword, nor will you have famine; but I [the Lord] will give you assured peace (peace that lasts, the peace of truth) in this place.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ 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.

Common English Bible

¹³ I replied, “LORD God, the prophets are telling them: ‘You won’t see war or famine, for I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ 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.' "

Jeremiah 14:13 Cross References

Isaiah 56:10

His watchmen are blind, all of them, they have not known. All of them are dumb dogs, unable to bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Jeremiah 1:6

And said I, “Ah, Master יהוה! See, I do not know how to speak, for I am a youth.”

Jeremiah 20:6

‘And you, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house, shall go into captivity, and enter into Baḇ

Jeremiah 23:17

“They keep on saying to those who despise Me, ‘יהוה  has said you shall have peace.’ And to all who walk according to the stubbornness of their own heart they say, ‘No evil comes upon you.’ ”

Jeremiah 37:19

“Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The sovereign of Baḇ

Jeremiah 4:10

Then I said, “Ah, Master יהוה! Truly, You have greatly deceived this people and Yerushalayim, saying, ‘Peace is for you,’ whereas the sword reaches to the heart.”

Jeremiah 5:12

They have been untrue to יהוה, and said, “It is not He. No evil comes upon us, nor do we see sword or scarcity of food.”

Jeremiah 5:13

And the prophets have become wind, and the Word is not in them. Thus shall be done to them:

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets have prophesied falsely, and the priests rule by their own hand, and My people have loved it so. And what are you going to do at the end of it?

Jeremiah 6:14

“And they heal the breach of My people slightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.

Jeremiah 8:11

“And they heal the breach of the daughter of My people slightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ when there is no peace.

Ezekiel 12:24

“For no longer is there to be any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Yisra’ĕ

Ezekiel 13:22

“Because with falsehood you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad. And you have strengthened the hands of the wrong, so that he does not turn from his evil way, to keep him alive.

Micah 3:11

Her heads judge for a bribe, her priests teach for pay, and her prophets divine for a price. Yet they lean on יהוה, and say, “Is not יהוה  in our midst? Evil does not come upon us.”

2 Peter 2:1

But there also came to be false prophets among the people, as also among you there shall be false teachers, who shall secretly bring in destructive heresies, and deny the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves.