What Does Jeremiah 14:13 Mean in the King James?
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The most dangerous counterfeit peace can sound certain even as the next verse exposes it as a lie.
THE MEANING
A voice can promise you safety, deny danger, and call the future settled. This verse exposes how reassurance can invoke wholeness and truth even while the next verse names the message a lie. Confidence alone does not make its promised peace real.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie this verse undoes is: “If a religious voice confidently promises safety, that promise must be true.”
THE ROOT
שָׁלוֹם
shalom
GROWS FROM
שלם
sh-l-m
To be whole, complete, or sound.
The Hebrew phrase joins שָׁלוֹם (shalom, wholeness) with אֱמֶת (emet, truth or firmness), giving “assured peace” the texture of wholeness presented as reliable. The following verse exposes the prophets’ claim as a lie, revealing the gap between promised wholeness and what is true.
ALSO GROWS
shalem: Whole, complete, sound.
שָׁלֵם
This branch shows that shalom carries the sense of a whole condition, not merely a quiet moment; the prophets promise that wholeness as certain.
shillem: To repay, recompense, or make good.
שִׁלֵּם
The same root can describe making something good or complete; it sharpens the contrast between real restoration and a verbal guarantee.
אֱמֶת
emet
GROWS FROM
אמן
ʾ-m-n
To be firm, steady, or reliable.
The word translated “assured” presents the promised peace as grounded in what is firm and true. The next verse calls the prophets’ words lies, so their claim to certainty is exposed rather than confirmed.
ALSO GROWS
amen: Amen; a firm affirmation, “so be it.”
אָמֵן
This branch carries the sense of firmness in an affirmation, matching the certainty with which the prophets present their promise.
ne'eman: Firm, reliable, trustworthy.
נֶאֱמָן
The same root describes what can be relied on; here the verse puts that quality in tension with the false promise exposed in the next verse.
THE PATTERN
When voices promise peace while danger remains, repeated assurances expose the distance between promised wholeness and reality.
They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.THE THREAD
They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.Jeremiah 6:14 repeats שָׁלוֹם (shalom, wholeness), the same Hebrew word behind “peace” here, and places the promise beside its contradiction: “when there is no peace.” It opens this verse further by showing how a message can speak the language of wholeness while the wound remains.
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