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12 “They have lied about the Lord
    by saying, ‘He wouldn’t do that![a]
Disaster won’t come on us.
    We won’t see sword and famine.
13 The prophets are nothing but[b] wind,
    and the word is not in them.
So may the disaster happen to them!’”[c]

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  1. Jeremiah 5:12 Lit. Not he
  2. Jeremiah 5:13 The Heb. lacks nothing but
  3. Jeremiah 5:13 Lit. so let it be done to them

12 “They have denied Yahweh, and have said,
    ‘Not he, for[a] evil will not come on us,
    we will see neither sword nor famine.
13 And the prophets are like wind,
    and the word is not in them.’
Thus it will be done to them.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:12 Literally “and”