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Jeremiah 5:13

And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them:” thus shall it be done unto them.

Leeser Tanakh

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

12They have denied the Lord, and said, “He existeth not; nor will evil come over us; and the sword and famine shall we not see.

14Therefore thus hath said the Lord the God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth to be a fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

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Cross References

Job 8:2How long wilt thou speak these things? and [let] like a mighty wind be the words of thy mouth?

Jeremiah 14:15Therefore thus hath said the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, when I have not sent them, while they say, Sword and famine shall not come in this land: By the sword and by the famine shall these prophets come to their end.

Jeremiah 20:8For as often as I speak must I cry out, violence and wasting must I proclaim; because the word of the Lord is become unto me a disgrace, and a derision, all the time.

Hosea 9:7Come are the days of the visitation, come are the days of thy recompense; this shall Israel experience: a fool was the prophet, mad the inspired man, because of the greatness of thy iniquity, and the great hatefulness.

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 →

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