Jeremiah 37:9

“Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.”

"Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart." - Jeremiah 37:9
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What does Jeremiah 37:9 mean?

Jeremiah 37:9 (KJV) reads, "Thus saith the Lord; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart." This verse is part of a prophetic warning given by the prophet Jeremiah to King Zedekiah of Judah, during the Babylonian siege…

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The Illusion of Safety: Understanding God's Warning

The verse of Jeremiah 37:9 states, "Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart." In this potent declaration, God issues a stark warning to the people of Judah amidst impending doom. This verse is…

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A Prayer for Wisdom and Discernment in Troubling Times

Heavenly Father, I come before You today with a heart heavy with the weight of the world around me. Your words resonate deeply within my spirit as I reflect on the truth spoken in Jeremiah 37:9: "Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely…

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Jeremiah 37:9 - "Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart."
Jeremiah 37:16 - "¶ When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;"
Jeremiah 37:6 - "¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,"
Jeremiah 37:4 - "Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison."
Jeremiah 37:14 - "Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes."
Jeremiah 37:12 - "Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people."
Jeremiah 37:15 - "Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison."
"¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying," - Jeremiah 37:6
"¶ When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;" - Jeremiah 37:16
Jeremiah 25:37 - "And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD."
Jeremiah 37:2 - "But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah."
Mark 9:36-37
Matthew 9:37-38
Jeremiah 37:8 - "And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire."
Jeremiah 51:37 - "And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant."
Jeremiah 37:3 - "And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us."
1 Chronicles 9:37 - "And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth."
Jeremiah 37:21 - "Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison."
Jeremiah 37:18 - "Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?"
Jeremiah 37:13 - "And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans."
Jeremiah 37:11 - "¶ And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,"
Job 37:9 - "Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north."
"Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison." - Jeremiah 37:4
Jeremiah 23:37 - "Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?"
Jeremiah 48:37 - "For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth."
Jeremiah 37:17 - "Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon."
Matthew 9:37 - "Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;"
Jeremiah 37:5 - "Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem."
"Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes." - Jeremiah 37:14