Jeremiah 37:9

Jeremiah 37:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus saith the Lord; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Thus says the Lord, Do not deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans will surely go away from us," for they will not go away.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus says the Lord: ‘Do not deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely depart from us,” for they will not depart.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“This is what the Lord says: Do not fool yourselves into thinking that the Babylonians are gone for good. They aren’t!

Context of Jeremiah 37:9

7“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of me, ‘Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to support you, will go back to its own land, to Egypt. 8Then the Babylonians will return and attack this city; they will capture it and burn it down.’ “This is what the Lord says: Do not deceive yourselves, thinking, ‘The Babylonians will surely leave us.’ They will not! 10Even if you were to defeat the entire Babylonian army that is attacking you and only wounded men were left in their tents, they would come out and burn this city down.” 11After the Babylonian army had withdrawn from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh’s army,

Jeremiah 37:9 word by word

כֹּ֣ה׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אַל־תַּשִּׁ֤אוּ נַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הָלֹ֛ךְ יֵלְכ֥וּ מֵעָלֵ֖ינוּ הַכַּשְׂדִּ֑ים כִּי־לֹ֖א יֵלֵֽכוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Deceiveנָשָׁאnâshâ' · to deceiveH5377
• not yourselvesנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• The Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkaώdîy kaώdîymâh · ChaldeaH3778
• shall surelyהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• departיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212

Cross-references for Jeremiah 37:9

• Obadiah 1:3The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks and make your home on the heights, you who say to yourself, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
• Matthew 24:4Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you.
• Galatians 6:3If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves.
• Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:3Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.
• James 1:22Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 37:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7-10Verses 7-10 Jeremiah‘s answer here is even more unfavorable than that which is given in Jeremiah 21:4-7. So hopeless is resistance that the disabled men among the Chaldaeans would alone suffice to capture the city and burn it to the ground.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-10The Lord answered Jeremiah’s prayer (Jeremiah 37:3) with a warning for Zedekiah. The Egyptians would not offer lasting help, and the Babylonians would return to destroy Jerusalem. This prophecy came true in 586 BC.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. yourselves--Hebrew, "souls."Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 37:9

• Armies
• Deceit
• Egyptians
• Minister, Christian
• Zedekiah

In the dictionaries

• Jeremiah (2)
• Prison; Prisoner
• Siege
• Zedekiah (2)
• Zedekiah

Commentaries on Jeremiah 37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings