Jeremiah 37:9

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“This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!”

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BSBPD

“This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Thus said Jehovah: Lift not up your souls saying, The Chaldeans surely go from off us, for they do not go;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 37:9 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 15:31Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.
  2. Jeremiah 29:8For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.
  3. Obadiah 1:3The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
  4. Matthew 24:4Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.
  5. Galatians 6:3If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
  6. Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
  7. Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
  8. 2 Thessalonians 2:3Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.
  9. James 1:22Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

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