Jeremiah 5:13
The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
In Context
Cross References
Job 8:2“How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.
Jeremiah 14:15Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!
Jeremiah 20:8For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long.
Hosea 9:7The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived— let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 5:11-20
Divine Judgments Threatened; Divine Judgments Vindicated. ( b. c. 608.) 10 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord 's. 11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord . 12 They have belied the Lord , and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: 13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be… Read the whole commentary →