12 (A)They have lied about the Lord,
And said, (B)It is not He.
(C)Neither will [a]evil come upon us,
Nor shall we see sword or famine.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:12 disaster

12 They have lied(A) about the Lord;
    they said, “He will do nothing!
No harm will come to us;(B)
    we will never see sword or famine.(C)

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who say, ‘The time is not (A)near to build houses; (B)this city is the [a]caldron, and we are the meat.’

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 11:3 Pot

They say, ‘Haven’t our houses been recently rebuilt? This city is a pot,(A) and we are the meat in it.’(B)

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27 (A)“Son of man, look, the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is (B)for many days from now, and he prophesies of times far off.’

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27 “Son of man, the Israelites are saying, ‘The vision he sees is for many years from now, and he prophesies about the distant future.’(A)

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Woe to you who (A)put far off the day of (B)doom,
(C)Who cause (D)the seat of violence to come near;

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You put off the day of disaster
    and bring near a reign of terror.(A)

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and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of (A)creation.”

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They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised?(A) Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”(B)

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