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Jeremiah 5:13
Jeremiah 5:13 is verse 13 of Jeremiah chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”
Literally let this befall them.
King James Version
And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
World English Bible
The prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus it will be done to them.”
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Jeremiah 5:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible
11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me,” declares the LORD.
12 They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.
13 The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”
14 Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.
15 Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
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Jeremiah 14:13“Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”
Jeremiah 14:15Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!
Jeremiah 18:18Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”
Jeremiah 20:8For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long.
Jeremiah 20:9If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
Jeremiah 20:10For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”
Jeremiah 20:11But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.
Jeremiah 28:3Within two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and carried to Babylon.
Job 6:26Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?
Job 8:2“How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.
Hosea 9:7The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived— let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.