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12 They have told lies about the Lord.
    They said, “He won’t do anything!
No harm will come to us.
    We will never see war or be hungry.
13 The prophets are nothing but wind.
    Their message doesn’t come from the Lord.
    So let what they say will happen be done to them.”

14 The Lord God rules over all. He says to me,

“The people have spoken these words.
    So my words will be like fire in your mouth.
I will make the people like wood.
    And the fire will burn them up.”

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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:

“Because the people have spoken these words,
    I will make my words in your mouth(F) a fire(G)
    and these people the wood it consumes.(H)

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