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13 but the prophets shall become like wind, and there is no word in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

14 Therefore thus hath the LORD God of the hosts said: Because ye have spoken this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

15 Behold, I will bring a nation upon you from afar, O house of Israel, saith the LORD; it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou dost not know, neither dost thou understand what they say.

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13 The prophets(A) are but wind(B)
    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(C) a fire(D)
    and these people the wood it consumes.(E)
15 People of Israel,” declares the Lord,
    “I am bringing a distant nation(F) against you—
an ancient and enduring nation,
    a people whose language(G) you do not know,
    whose speech you do not understand.

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