Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 14:13

"Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! 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." — Jeremiah 14:13 (ASV)

Ah, Lord God! —Literally, as in Jeremiah 1:6, Alas, my Lord (Adonaï) Jehovah! We have had in Jeremiah 5:31 a glimpse of the evil influence of the great body of the prophetic order, and now the true prophet feels more bitterly than ever the misery of having to contend against it.

The colleges or schools of the prophets had rapidly degenerated from their first ideal and had become (as the Mendicant Orders did in the history of medieval Christendom) corrupt, ambitious, seekers after popularity.

So Micah (Micah 3:8–11), whose words were still fresh in the memories of people , had spoken sharp words of the growing evil. So Ezekiel, throughout one whole chapter (Ezekiel 13), inveighs against the guilt of the prophets, male or female, who followed their own spirit, and had seen no true vision.

You shall not see ... —To the eye of Jeremiah the future was clear. The sins of the people must lead to shame, defeat, and exile. Out of that discipline, but only through that, they might return with a better mind to better days. The false prophets took the easier and more popular line of predicting victory and “assured peace” (literally, peace of truth, that is, true peace) for the people and their city.