Jeremiah 5:12
10 Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me,” declares the LORD.
They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.
13 The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”
14 Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.
- KJV
- They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
- WEB
- They have denied the LORD, and said, “It is not he. Evil won’t come on us. We won’t see sword or famine.
- ASV
- They have denied Jehovah, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
- DARBY
- They have denied Jehovah, and say, He is not; and evil shall not come upon us, nor shall we see sword nor famine;
- BLB
- They have lied about YHWH and said, “[It is] not He! And neither will evil come upon us, and we shall not see sword or famine.
- ÅB
- De har fornektet Herren og sagt: Han er ikke til, og det skal ikke komme noen ulykke over oss, og sverd og hunger skal vi ikke se,
- OTB
- De har fornektet Herren og sagt, “Han vil ikke gjøre noe; ingen ulykke vil komme over oss, heller ikke vil vi se sverd eller hungersnød.
- B1930
- De har fornektet Herren og sagt: Han er ikke til, og det skal ikke komme nogen ulykke over oss, og sverd og hunger skal vi ikke se,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
Read in contextIsaiah 28:14–15
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
Read in contextJeremiah 43:2–3
Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’
Read in contextEzekiel 12:22–28
“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?
Read in contextJeremiah 23:14–17
And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
Read in contextJeremiah 28:15–17
Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
Read in context1 Samuel 6:9
but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
Read in contextJeremiah 14:13–14
“Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”
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