Jeremiah 5:12-14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
12 They denied the Lord,[a]
saying, “He is nothing,
No evil shall come to us,
neither sword nor famine shall we see.(A)
13 The prophets are wind,
and the word is not with them.
Let it be done to them!”
14 Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of hosts,
because you have said this—
See! I make my words
a fire in your mouth,
And this people the wood
that it shall devour!—
Footnotes
- 5:12 They denied the Lord: the people act as though God does not matter and will not interfere.
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