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Good News Translation

Jeremiah 37:9

I, the Lord , warn you not to deceive yourselves into thinking that the Babylonians will not come back, because they will.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Deceit;   Egyptians;   Minister, Christian;   Zedekiah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Deceit;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Zedekiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Egypt;   Zedekiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jerusalem;   Jubilee;   Zedekiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Babylon, History and Religion of;   Egypt;   Jeremiah;   Lamentations, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jeremiah;   Pharaoh;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Egypt;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Zedeki'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Siege;   Zedekiah (2);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This is what the Lord says: Don’t deceive yourselves by saying, “The Chaldeans will leave us for good,” for they will not leave.
Hebrew Names Version
Thus says the LORD, Don't deceive yourselves, saying, The Kasdim shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.
King James Version
Thus saith the Lord ; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
English Standard Version
Thus says the Lord , Do not deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans will surely go away from us," for they will not go away.
New American Standard Bible
"This is what the LORD says: 'Do not deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans will certainly go away from us," for they will not go.
New Century Version
"This is what the Lord says: People of Jerusalem, do not fool yourselves. Don't say, ‘The Babylonian army will surely leave us alone.' They will not!
Amplified Bible
"Thus says the LORD, 'Do not deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans will certainly stay away from us," for they will not stay away.
World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh, Don't deceive yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus sayth the Lorde, Deceiue not your selues, saying, The Caldeans shall surely depart from vs: for they shal not depart.
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus says Yahweh, ‘Do not deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans will surely go away from us," for they will not go.
Berean Standard Bible
This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, 'The Chaldeans will go away for good,' for they will not!
Contemporary English Version
Don't fool yourselves into thinking that the Babylonians will leave as they did before.
Complete Jewish Bible
Here is what Adonai says: ‘Don't deceive yourselves by thinking that the Kasdim must withdraw from you, because they will not withdraw.
Darby Translation
Thus saith Jehovah: Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans are certainly gone away from us; for they are not gone.
Easy-to-Read Version
This is what the Lord says: ‘People of Jerusalem, don't fool yourselves. Don't say to yourselves, "The army of Babylon will surely leave us alone." They will not.
George Lamsa Translation
Thus says the LORD: Do not think within yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely withdraw from us; for they shall not withdraw.
Lexham English Bible
Thus says Yahweh: ‘You must not deceive yourselves, saying, "Surely the Chaldeans will go from us," for they will not go.
Literal Translation
So says Jehovah, Do not deceive yourselves, saying, Going the Chaldeans will go from us, for they shall not go.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For thus saieth the LORDE: disceaue not yor owne myndes, thinkynge on this maner: Tush, the Caldees go now their waye from vs: No, they shall not go their waye.
American Standard Version
Thus saith Jehovah, Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.
Bible in Basic English
The Lord has said, Have no false hopes, saying to yourselves, The Chaldaeans will go away from us: for they will not go away.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus saith the LORD: Deceive not yourselves, saying: The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.
King James Version (1611)
Thus saith the Lord, Deceiue not your selues, saying, The Caldeans shall surely depart from vs: for they shall not depart.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For thus saith the Lorde, Deceaue not your owne myndes, thynkyng on this maner, Tushe, the Chaldees go nowe their way from vs: No, they shall not go their way.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
but they shall serve the Lord their God; and I will raise up to them David their king.
English Revised Version
Thus saith the LORD: Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord seith these thingis, Nyle ye disseyue youre soulis, seiynge, Caldeis goynge schulen go a wey, and schulen departe fro vs; for thei schulen not go a wei.
Update Bible Version
Thus says Yahweh, Do not deceive yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans will surely depart from us: for they will not depart.
New English Translation
Moreover, I, the Lord , warn you not to deceive yourselves into thinking that the Babylonian forces will go away and leave you alone. For they will not go away.
New King James Version
Thus says the LORD: "Do not deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans will surely depart from us," for they will not depart.
New Living Translation
"This is what the Lord says: Do not fool yourselves into thinking that the Babylonians are gone for good. They aren't!
New Life Bible
The Lord says, ‘Do not fool yourselves, saying, "For sure the Babylonians will go away from us." For they will not go.
New Revised Standard
Thus says the Lord : Do not deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans will surely go away from us," for they will not go away.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus, saith Yahweh, - Let not your own souls, deceive you saying, The Chaldeans will, surely depart, from us! For they will not depart;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(37-8) Thus saith the Lord: Deceive not your souls, saying: The Chaldeans shall surely depart and go away from us: for they shall not go away.
Revised Standard Version
Thus says the LORD, Do not deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chalde'ans will surely stay away from us," for they will not stay away.
Young's Literal Translation
`Thus said Jehovah: Lift not up your souls saying, The Chaldeans surely go from off us, for they do not go;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Thus says the LORD, 'Do not deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans will surely go away from us," for they will not go.

Contextual Overview

1 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia made Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah in the place of Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim. 2 But neither Zedekiah nor his officials nor the people obeyed the message which the Lord had given me. 3 King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to ask me to pray to the Lord our God on behalf of our nation. 4 I had not yet been put in prison and was still moving about freely among the people. 5 The Babylonian army had been besieging Jerusalem, but when they heard that the Egyptian army had crossed the Egyptian border, they retreated. 6 Then the Lord , the God of Israel, told me 7 to say to Zedekiah, "The Egyptian army is on its way to help you, but it will return home. 8 Then the Babylonians will come back, attack the city, capture it, and burn it down. 9 I, the Lord , warn you not to deceive yourselves into thinking that the Babylonians will not come back, because they will. 10 Even if you defeat the whole Babylonian army, so that only wounded men are left, lying in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city to the ground."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deceive: Obadiah 1:3, Matthew 24:4, Matthew 24:5, Galatians 6:3, Galatians 6:7, Ephesians 5:6, 2 Thessalonians 2:3, James 1:22

yourselves: Heb. your souls

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 33:5 - come Ezekiel 14:7 - and cometh 1 Corinthians 3:18 - deceive

Cross-References

Genesis 37:7
We were all in the field tying up sheaves of wheat, when my sheaf got up and stood up straight. Yours formed a circle around mine and bowed down to it."
Genesis 37:9
Then Joseph had another dream and told his brothers, "I had another dream, in which I saw the sun, the moon, and eleven stars bowing down to me."
Genesis 37:10
He also told the dream to his father, and his father scolded him: "What kind of a dream is that? Do you think that your mother, your brothers, and I are going to come and bow down to you?"
Genesis 37:14
His father told him, "Go and see if your brothers are safe and if the flock is all right; then come back and tell me." So his father sent him on his way from Hebron Valley. Joseph arrived at Shechem
Genesis 37:15
and was wandering around in the country when a man saw him and asked him, "What are you looking for?"
Genesis 37:21
Reuben heard them and tried to save Joseph. "Let's not kill him," he said.
Genesis 41:25
Joseph said to the king, "The two dreams mean the same thing; God has told you what he is going to do.
Genesis 41:32
The repetition of your dream means that the matter is fixed by God and that he will make it happen in the near future.
Genesis 43:28
They answered, "Your humble servant, our father, is still alive and well." And they knelt and bowed down before him.
Genesis 44:14
When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, he was still there. They bowed down before him,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus saith the Lord, deceive not yourselves,.... Or, "your souls"; with a false opinion, a vain persuasion and belief of the departure of the Chaldeans never to return; which they would have confirmed by the Lord; or, "lift not up your souls" b; with vain hopes of the above things: self or soul deception is a dreadful thing; and sad is the disappointment when men are elated with a false and vain hope:

saying, the Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; they had departed from Jerusalem; but they were persuaded they would depart out of the land of Judea, and go into their own land, the land of Babylon, from whence they came, and never return more:

for they shall not depart; out of the land of Judea, into their own land; at least not till they had done the work they were sent about.

b אל תשאו נפשתיכם "ne efferatis animas vestras", Tigurine version, Calvin; "ne tollatis (in spem) animas vestras", Schmidt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.


 
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