Jeremiah 5:12
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
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.
In context
10 Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
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.
Jeremiah 5:12 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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.
- KJV King James Version
- They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
- WEB World English Bible
- They have denied the LORD, and said, “It is not he. Evil won’t come on us. We won’t see sword or famine.
- ASV American Standard Version
- They have denied Jehovah, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- They have lied against Jehovah, And they say, '[It is] not He, Nor come in against us doth evil, Yea, sword and famine we do not see.
- DBY Darby Translation
- They have denied Jehovah, and say, He is not; and evil shall not come upon us, nor shall we see sword nor famine;
- WBS Webster Bible
- They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: