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Jeremiah 5:12-14
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Jeremiah 5:12-14
Easy-to-Read Version
12 “Those people lied about the Lord.
They said, ‘He will not do anything to us.
Nothing bad will happen to us.
We will never see an army attack us.
We will never starve.’
13 The prophets are only empty wind.[a]
The word of God is not in them.[b]
Bad things will happen to them.”
14 The Lord God All-Powerful said these things:
“The people said I would not punish them.
So, Jeremiah, the words I give you will be like fire,
and these people will be like wood.
That fire will burn them up completely.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 5:13 wind This is a wordplay. The Hebrew word for wind is like the word for spirit.
- Jeremiah 5:13 The word … them Literally, “And the ‘He said’ is not in them.”
Jeremiah 5:12-14
New International Version
Jeremiah 5:12-14
New International Version
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)
13 The prophets(D) are but wind(E)
and the word is not in them;
so let what they say be done to them.”
14 Therefore this is what the Lord God Almighty says:
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