“On that day”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“the king and the officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be scared speechless.”

10 I said, “Oh no, Lord God, You have certainly deceived(A) this people and Jerusalem, by announcing, ‘You will have peace,’(B) while a sword is at[a] our throats.”

11 “At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, ‘A searing wind(C) blows from the barren heights in the wilderness on the way to My dear[b] people. It comes not to winnow or to sift;

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:10 Lit sword touches
  2. Jeremiah 4:11 Lit to the daughter of My

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