Jeremiah 5:12-17

English Standard Version

¹² They have spoken falsely of the Lord
    and have said, ‘He will do nothing;
^(A)no disaster will come upon us,
    ^(B)nor shall we see sword or famine.
¹³ The prophets will become wind;
    the word is not in them.
Thus shall it be done to them!’”

¹⁴ Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts:
“Because you have spoken this word,
behold, ^(C)I am making my words in your mouth ^(D)a fire,
    and this people wood, and the fire shall consume them.
^15 (E)Behold, I am bringing against you
    a nation from afar, O house of Israel,
declares the Lord.
It is an enduring nation;
    it is an ancient nation,
a nation whose language you do not know,
    ^(F)nor can you understand what they say.
^16 (G)Their quiver is like ^(H)an open tomb;
    they are all mighty warriors.
^17 (I)They shall eat up your harvest and your food;
    they shall eat up your sons and your daughters;
they shall eat up your flocks and your herds;
    they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees;
your ^(J)fortified cities in which you trust
    they shall beat down with the sword.”