John Trapp on Jeremiah 4:10

Ver. 10. Surely thou haſt greatly deceived this people] ſc. by thoſe falſe Prophets, ver. 9. Confer 1 King. 19.22, &c. Ezek. 14.9. This God doth as a juſt Judge, puniſhing ſin with ſin. The words may be rendered queſtion-wiſe, Haſt thou indeed thus deceived this people? Is it poſſible that Thou ſhouldeſt have an active or ſo much as a permiſhve hand in ſuch a buſineſſe?

When as the ſword reacheth unto the ſoul] i. e. To the heart, it goes as far as it can. — Capulo tenus abdidit enſem. See Pſal. 69.11.