Jeremiah 5:12–13
Jeremiah 5:12–13 — The New International Version (NIV)
12 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.
13 The prophets are but wind
and the word is not in them;
so let what they say be done to them.”
Jeremiah 5:12–13 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
12 They have belied the Lord, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: 13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
Jeremiah 5:12–13 — New Living Translation (NLT)
12 “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.
13 God’s prophets are all windbags
who don’t really speak for him.
Let their predictions of disaster fall on themselves!’ ”
Jeremiah 5:12–13 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
12 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.
13 And the prophets become wind,
For the word is not in them.
Thus shall it be done to them.”
Jeremiah 5:12–13 — New Century Version (NCV)
12 Those people have lied about the Lord
and said, “He will not do anything to us!
Nothing bad will happen to us!
We will never see war or hunger!
13 The prophets are like an empty wind;
the word of God is not in them.
Let the bad things they say happen to them.”
Jeremiah 5:12–13 — American Standard Version (ASV)
12 They have denied Jehovah, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: 13 and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
Jeremiah 5:12–13 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
12 They have denied Jehovah, and say, He is not; and evil shall not come upon us, nor shall we see sword nor famine; 13 and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
Jeremiah 5:12–13 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
12 They lie about the Lord and say,
“He doesn’t exist!
Nothing bad will happen to us.
We won’t experience war or famine.
13 The prophets are nothing but windbags.
The Lord hasn’t spoken through them,
so let what they say happen to them.”
Jeremiah 5:12–13 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
12 They have contradicted the Lord
and insisted, “It won’t happen.
Harm won’t come to us;
we won’t see sword or famine.”
13 The prophets become only wind,
for the Lord’s word is not in them.
This will in fact happen to them.
Jeremiah 5:12–13 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
12 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.”
13 The prophets are nothing but wind,
for the word is not in them.
Thus shall it be done to them!
Jeremiah 5:12–13 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
12 “They have denied Yahweh, and have said,
‘Not he, for evil will not come on us,
we will see neither sword nor famine.
13 And the prophets are like wind,
and the word is not in them.’
Thus it will be done to them.”
Jeremiah 5:12–13 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
12 They have told lies about the Lord.
They said, “He won’t do anything!
No harm will come to us.
We will never see war or be hungry.
13 The prophets are nothing but wind.
Their message doesn’t come from the Lord.
So let what they say will happen be done to them.”
Jeremiah 5:12–13 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
12 They have lied about the Lord
And said, “Not He;
Misfortune will not come on us,
And we will not see sword or famine.
13 “The prophets are as wind,
And the word is not in them.
Thus it will be done to them!”