Jeremiah 4:10

“Then said I, ah, Lord God! etc.] Expressing great sorrow and concern: this “ah” is by way of lamentation. The Targum interprets it as a petition, “and I said, receive my prayer, O Lord God:” surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem: what the false prophets did, that God is said to do, because he suffered them to deceive the people; (see <112220>1 Kings 22:20-23). The Targum ascribes the deception to the false prophets, and not to God, “surely behold the false prophets deceive this people, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem;” or this may be ironically said, because the false prophets pretended to speak in the name of the Lord; wherefore Jeremiah says, “surely thou hast…”

“thou hast . . . deceived--God, having even the false prophets in His hands, is here said to do that which for inscrutable purposes He permits them to do (Exo 9:12; Th2 2:11; compare Jer 8:15; which passage shows that the dupes of error were self-prepared for it, and that God's predestination did not destroy their moral freedom as voluntary agents). The false prophets foretold "peace," and the Jews believed them; God overruled this to His purposes (Jer 5:12; Jer 14:13; Eze 14:9). soul--rather, "reacheth to the life."”

“Ah, Lord God! - Alas! my Lord Yahweh: an expression of disapproval on Jeremiah’s part. Jeremiah had constantly to struggle against the misgivings of his own melancholy nature, but he never let them prevent him from doing his duty. See the introduction of Jeremiah. Ye shall have peace - These words are generally referred to the false prophets; they rather refer to real prophecies of future blessedness promised to the Jews. Jeremiah could not reconcile the doom he was now commanded to pronounce, either with his previous prophecy, or with what he read in the writings of his predecessors. Time only could solve the difficulty. Upon the struggles of the prophets to understand their own predictions…”

“Deceived - Hast suffered them to be deceived by their false prophets. Whereas - To persuade them it should be well with them, when the sword is at the door, not only ready to take away the comforts of life, but even life itself. Jeremiah 4:11”

“4:10 Jeremiah was confused and offended because he and the people thought that God had promised peace for Jerusalem. However, these promises were false prophecies (6:14; 14:13; 23:16-17).”

“Ah: Jer 1:6, Jer 14:13, Jer 32:17; Eze 11:13 surely: Jer 14:13, Jer 14:14; Kg1 22:20-23; Isa 63:17; Eze 14:9, Eze 14:10; Rom 1:24, Rom 1:26, Rom 1:28; Th2 2:9-12 Ye shall have: Jer 5:12, Jer 6:14, Jer 8:11, Jer 23:17; Isa 30:10, Isa 37:35 the sword: Jer 4:18; Exo 9:14; Lam 2:21 Jeremiah 4:11”

“"Then said I, Ah, Lord Jahveh, truly Thou hast deceived this people and Jerusalem in saying, Peace shall be to you, and the sword is reaching unto the soul." This verse is to be taken as a sign addressed to God by Jeremiah when he heard the announcement of the judgment about to fall on Judah, contained in Jer 4:5-9. The Chald. has well paraphrased ואמר thus: et dixi: suscipe deprecationem meam, Jahveh, Deus. but Hensler and Ew. wish to have ואמר changed to ואמר, "so that they say," quite unnecessarily, and indeed unsuitably, since השּׁאת, thou hast deceived, is out of place either in the mouth of the people or of the lying prophets. That the word quoted, "Peace shall be to you," is the…”