Jeremiah 5:13-15

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¹³The prophets are only empty wind.^[a]
The word of God is not in them.^[b]
Bad things will happen to them.”

¹⁴The Lord God All-Powerful said these things:
    “The people said I would not punish them.
So, Jeremiah, the words I give you will be like fire,
    and these people will be like wood.
    That fire will burn them up completely.”
¹⁵Family of Israel, this message is from the Lord.
    “I will soon bring a nation from far away to attack you.
It is an old nation;
    it is an ancient nation.
The people of that nation speak a language that you do not know.
    You cannot understand what they say.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 5:13 wind This is a wordplay. The Hebrew word for wind is like the word for spirit.
Jeremiah 5:13 The word … them Literally, “And the ‘He said’ is not in them.”