12 They have lied(A) about the Lord;
    they said, “He will do nothing!
No harm will come to us;(B)
    we will never see sword or famine.(C)
13 The prophets(D) are but wind(E)
    and the word is not in them;
    so let what they say be done to them.”

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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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Footnotes

  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