Jeremiah 5:12

Jeremiah chapter 5 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

They have denied Jehovah, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

They have belied the Lord, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

They have denied Jehovah, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

Context

v.11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith Jehovah.

v.12This passage

v.13and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Micah 2:11

    If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

  • Deuteronomy 29:19

    and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.

  • Micah 3:11

    The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.

  • Jeremiah 4:10

    Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the life.

  • 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 to Babylon, saith Jehovah; for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

  • Jeremiah 23:14

    In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.