John Gill 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)

Then said I, Ah, Lord God !
&c.] Being grieved at heart for the people, because he was forbid to pray for them, and because the Lord has resolved on the ruin of them; and the rather he pitied them, because they were deceived by the false prophets, and therefore he tries to excuse them, and lay the blame upon them, as follows:

behold, the prophets say unto them ;
that is, the false prophets, as the Targum; Jeremiah does not call them so, being willing to make the best of it: you shall not see the sword ;
the sword of the enemy drawn in your country, or fall by it: neither shall you have famine ;
by which it appears, that it was not yet come, only foretold; the contrary to which is here affirmed:

but I will give you assured peace in this place ;
so they spoke as from the Lord, and in his name, with all the confidence imaginable; assuring the people that they should have peace and prosperity, and be in the utmost safety in Jerusalem; and that neither famine nor sword would come to them, nor in the least hurt them.

In the Hebrew text it is, "peace of truth"^F12 ; that is, true peace, firm and lasting. The Septuagint render it "peace and truth"; see (Isaiah 39:8) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F12: (tma Mwlv) "pacem veritatis", Montanus, Schmidt.