Jeremiah 5:10–13

10 “Go through her vineyards and ravage them,

but do not destroy them completely.

Strip off her branches,

for these people do not belong to the Lord.

11 The people of Israel and the people of Judah

have been utterly unfaithful to me,”

declares the Lord.

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.”

10 “Go up through her vine rows and destroy,

but make not a full end;

strip away her branches,

for they are not the Lord’s.

11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah

have been utterly treacherous to me,

declares the Lord.

12 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.

13 The prophets will become wind;

the word is not in them.

Thus shall it be done to them!’ ”

10 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord’s. 11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord. 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.

10 “Go down the rows of the vineyards and destroy the grapevines,

leaving a scattered few alive.

Strip the branches from the vines,

for these people do not belong to the Lord.

11 The people of Israel and Judah

are full of treachery against me,”

says the Lord.

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!’ ”

10 “Go along and cut down Judah’s vineyards,

but do not completely destroy them.

Cut off all her people as if they were branches,

because they do not belong to the Lord.

11 The families of Israel and Judah

have been completely unfaithful to me,” says the Lord.

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.”

10 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches; for they are not Jehovah’s. 11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith Jehovah. 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.

10 Go up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end; take away her battlements, for they are not Jehovah’s. 11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith Jehovah. 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.

10 “Go among Jerusalem’s rows of grapevines and destroy them, 

but don’t destroy all of them. 

Cut off the branches because they don’t belong to the Lord. 

11 The nations of Israel and Judah are unfaithful to me,” 

declares the Lord. 

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.” 

10 Go up among her vineyard terraces and destroy them,

but do not finish them off.

Prune away her shoots,

for they do not belong to the Lord.

11 They, the house of Israel and the house of Judah,

have dealt very treacherously with Me.

This is the Lord’s declaration.

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.

10 Go up through her vine rows and destroy,

but do not make a full end;

strip away her branches,

for they are not the Lord’s.

11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah

have been utterly faithless to me,

says the Lord.

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!

10 Go up through her vineyards and destroy,

but you must not make complete destruction.

Remove her branches,

for they are not to Yahweh.

11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah

have dealt utterly treacherously with me,” declares Yahweh.

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.”

10 “Armies of Babylonia, go through their vineyards and destroy them.

But do not destroy them completely.

Strip off their branches.

Those people do not belong to me.

11 The people of Israel and Judah

have not been faithful to me at all,”

announces the Lord.

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.”

10 “Go up through her vine rows and destroy,

But do not execute a complete destruction;

Strip away her branches,

For they are not the Lord’s.

11 “For the house of Israel and the house of Judah

Have dealt very treacherously with Me,” declares the Lord.

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!”