Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They have lied about the LORD; they said, “He will do nothing! No harm will come to us; we will never see sword or famine. New Living Translation “They have lied about the LORD and said, ‘He won’t bother us! No disasters will come upon us. There will be no war or famine. English Standard Version They have spoken falsely of the LORD and have said, ‘He will do nothing; no disaster will come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine. 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. King James 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: New King James Version They have lied about the LORD, And said, “It is not He. Neither will evil come upon us, Nor shall we see sword or famine. New American Standard Bible They have lied about the LORD And said, “Not He; Misfortune will not come upon us, Nor will we see sword or famine. NASB 1995 They have lied about the LORD And said, “Not He; Misfortune will not come on us, And we will not see sword or famine. NASB 1977 They have lied about the LORD And said, “Not He; Misfortune will not come on us; And we will not see sword or famine. Legacy Standard Bible They have dealt falsely about Yahweh And said, “Not He; Calamity will not come on us, And we will not see sword or famine. Amplified Bible They have lied about and denied the LORD By saying, “It is not He [who speaks through His prophets]; Misfortune and evil shall not come on us, Nor will we see war or famine. Christian Standard Bible They have contradicted the LORD and insisted, “It won’t happen. Harm won’t come to us; we won’t see sword or famine.” Holman Christian Standard Bible They have contradicted the LORD and insisted, “It won’t happen. Harm won’t come to us; we won’t see sword or famine.” 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: Aramaic Bible in Plain English They lied to LORD JEHOVAH and they were saying: ‘surely no evil will come upon us, and we shall not see sword or famine’ Brenton Septuagint Translation have lied to their Lord, and they have said, These things are not so; no evils shall come upon us; and we shall not see sword or famine. Contemporary English Version Their prophets lie and say, "The LORD won't punish us. We will have peace and plenty of food." Douay-Rheims Bible They have denied the Lord, and said, It is not he: and the evil shall not come upon us: we shall not see the sword and famine. English Revised Version They have denied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: GOD'S WORD® Translation They lie about the LORD and say, "He doesn't exist! Nothing bad will happen to us. We won't experience war or famine. Good News Translation The LORD's people have denied him and have said, "He won't really do anything. We won't have hard times; we won't have war or famine." International Standard Version "They have lied about the LORD by saying, 'He wouldn't do that! Disaster won't come on us. We won't see sword and famine. JPS Tanakh 1917 They have belied the LORD, And said: 'It is not He, Neither shall evil come upon us; Neither shall we see sword nor famine; Literal Standard Version They have lied against YHWH, | And they say, “[It is] not He, | Nor does evil come in against us, | Indeed, we do not see sword and famine. Majority 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. New American Bible They denied the LORD, saying, “He is nothing, No evil shall come to us, neither sword nor famine shall we see. NET Bible "These people have denied what the LORD says. They have said, 'That is not so! No harm will come to us. We will not experience war and famine. New Revised Standard Version They have spoken falsely of the LORD, and have said, “He will do nothing. No evil will come upon us, and we shall not see sword or famine.” New Heart English Bible They have denied the LORD, and said, "It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine. Webster's Bible Translation They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: World English Bible They have denied Yahweh, and said, “It is not he. Evil won’t come on us. We won’t see sword or famine. 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context No One is Just…11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me,” declares the LORD. 12They 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. 13The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”… Cross References 2 Chronicles 36:16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. Proverbs 30:9 Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, 'Who is the LORD?' Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God. Jeremiah 4:10 Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, 'You will have peace,' while a sword is at our throats." 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 14:22 Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things. Jeremiah 23:17 They keep saying to those who despise Me, 'The LORD says that you will have peace,' and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, 'No harm will come to you.' Jeremiah 43:1 When Jeremiah had finished telling all the people all the words of the LORD their God--everything that the LORD had sent him to say-- Treasury of Scripture They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: have belied. Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? Jeremiah 4:10 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul. Jeremiah 14:13,14 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place… neither. Jeremiah 23:17 They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. Jeremiah 28:4 And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. Psalm 10:6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. Jump to Previous Belied Denied Evil Falsely Famine Food Harm Lied Misfortune Short Sword WillJump to Next Belied Denied Evil Falsely Famine Food Harm Lied Misfortune Short Sword WillJeremiah 5 1. The judgments of God upon the people, for their perverseness;7. for their adultery; 10. for their impiety; 15. for their worship of idols; 19. for their contempt of God; 25. and for their great corruption in the civil state; 30. and ecclesiastical. (12) It is not he.--i.e., It is not Jehovah who speaks. They listened to the prophet's warnings as if they came from himself only, and brought with them no certainty of the "sword" or "famine" which they foretold. Perhaps, however, the words refer also to the denial that Jehovah was working in the sufferings that fell upon the people, or even to a more entire denial, like that of the fool in Psalm 14:1.Verse 12. - It is not he. Understand "who speaks by the prophets" (Payne Smith). It is hardly conceivable that any of the Jews absolutely denied the existence of Jehovah. They were practical, not speculative unbelievers, like men of the world in general. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew They have liedכִּֽחֲשׁוּ֙ (ki·ḥă·šū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3584: To disappoint, deceive, fail, grow lean about the LORD בַּיהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel and said, וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say “He ה֑וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are will not do anything; לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no harm רָעָ֔ה (rā·‘āh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil will not וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no come תָב֤וֹא (ṯā·ḇō·w) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go to us; עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ (‘ā·lê·nū) Preposition | first person common plural Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against we will not ל֥וֹא (lō·w) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no see נִרְאֶֽה׃ (nir·’eh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural Strong's 7200: To see sword וְחֶ֥רֶב (wə·ḥe·reḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword or famine. וְרָעָ֖ב (wə·rā·‘āḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7458: Famine, hunger Links Jeremiah 5:12 NIVJeremiah 5:12 NLT Jeremiah 5:12 ESV Jeremiah 5:12 NASB Jeremiah 5:12 KJV Jeremiah 5:12 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 5:12 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 5:12 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 5:12 French Bible Jeremiah 5:12 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 5:12 They have denied Yahweh and said It (Jer.) |
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