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Literal Standard Version

Jeremiah 37:9

Thus said YHWH: Do not lift up your souls, saying, The Chaldeans surely go from off us, for they do not go;

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

1And King Zedekiah son of Josiah reigns instead of Coniah son of Jehoiakim whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had caused to reign in the land of Judah, 2and he has not listened—he, and his servants, and the people of the land—to the words of YHWH that He spoke by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet. 3And Zedekiah the king sends Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "Pray, we implore you, for us to our God YHWH." 4And Jeremiah is coming in and going out in the midst of the people (and they have not put him in the prison-house), 5and the force of Pharaoh has come out of Egypt, and the Chaldeans who are laying siege against Jerusalem hear their report, and go up from off Jerusalem. 6And there is a word of YHWH to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, 7"Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Thus you say to the king of Judah who is sending you to Me, to seek Me: Behold, the force of Pharaoh that is coming out to you for help has turned back to its land, to Egypt, 8and the Chaldeans have turned back and fought against this city, and captured it, and burned it with fire. 9Thus said YHWH: Do not lift up your souls, saying, The Chaldeans surely go from off us, for they do not go;10for though you had struck all the force of the Chaldeans who are fighting with you, and there were left of them wounded men—they rise, each in his tent, and have burned this city with fire."

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
that, behold, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and behold, my bundle has arisen, and has also stood up, and behold, your bundles are all around, and they bow themselves to my bundle."
Genesis 37:9
And he dreams yet another dream, and recounts it to his brothers, and says, "Behold, I have dreamed a dream again, and behold, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, are bowing themselves to me."
Genesis 37:10
And he recounts to his father, and to his brothers; and his father pushes against him, and says to him, "What [is] this dream which you have dreamed? Do we certainly come, I, and your mother, and your brothers—to bow ourselves to you, to the earth?"
Genesis 37:14
and he says to him, "Now go see the peace of your brothers, and the peace of the flock, and bring me back word"; and he sends him from the Valley of Hebron, and he comes to Shechem.
Genesis 37:15
And a man finds him, and behold, he is wandering in the field, and the man asks him, saying, "What do you seek?"
Genesis 37:21
And Reuben hears, and delivers him out of their hand, and says, "Let us not strike the life";
Genesis 41:25
And Joseph says to Pharaoh, "The dream of Pharaoh is one: that which God is doing he has declared to Pharaoh;
Genesis 41:32
And because of the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh twice, surely the thing is established by God, and God is hurrying to do it.
Genesis 43:28
And they say, "Your servant our father [is] well, he is yet alive"; and they bow, and pay respect.
Genesis 44:14
And Judah and his brothers come to the house of Joseph, and he is yet there, and they fall to the earth 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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