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13 The prophets are only wind.
The word is not in them,
so let what they say come upon them.”[a]
14 Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Armies, says.
Because they have said this,
I will make my words in your mouth a fire.
These people are the wood, and it will burn them up.
15 Now, O house of Israel, I am bringing against you
    a nation from far away, declares the Lord.
I am bringing an enduring nation, an ancient nation.
They are a nation whose language you do not know,
nor can you understand what they say.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:13 This closing quotation mark may be placed at the end of verse 12.