Jeremiah 5:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Their prophets lie and say, “The LORD won't punish us. We will have peace and plenty of food.” They tell these lies in my name, so now they will be killed in war or starve to death.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:16

But the people only laughed and insulted these prophets. They ignored what the LORD God was trying to tell them, until he finally became so angry that nothing could stop him from punishing Judah and Jerusalem.

Psalm 10:6

In their hearts they say, “Nothing can hurt us! We'll always be happy and free from trouble.”

Psalm 14:1

Only a fool would say, “There is no God!” People like that are worthless; they are heartless and cruel and never do right.

Proverbs 30:9

If I have too much to eat, I might forget about you; if I don't have enough, I might steal and disgrace your name.

Jeremiah 14:22

Idols can't send rain, and showers don't fall by themselves. Only you control the rain, so we put our trust in you, the LORD our God.

Jeremiah 2:6

Your ancestors refused to ask for my help, though I had rescued them from Egypt and led them through a treacherous, barren desert, where no one lives or dares to travel.

Jeremiah 28:4

King Jehoiachin and the other people who were taken from Judah to Babylonia will be allowed to come back here as well. All this will happen because I will smash the power of the king of Babylonia!

Jeremiah 4:10

I said, “You are the LORD God. So why have you fooled everyone, especially the people of Jerusalem? Why did you promise peace, when a knife is at our throats?”

Jeremiah 43:1

I told the people everything the LORD had told me.

Jeremiah 5:31

Prophets give their messages in the name of a false god, my priests don't want to serve me, and you—my own people— like it this way! But on the day of disaster, where will you turn for help?

Jeremiah 6:14

All they ever offer to my deeply wounded people are empty hopes for peace.

Ezekiel 13:6

Those prophets lie by claiming they speak for me, but I have not even chosen them to be my prophets. And they still think their words will come true.

Micah 2:11

The only prophet you want is a liar who will say, “Drink and get drunk!”

Micah 3:11

You leaders accept bribes for dishonest decisions. You priests and prophets teach and preach, but only for money. Then you say, “The LORD is on our side. No harm will come to us.”

Deuteronomy 29:19

You may be an Israelite and know-all about the LORD's agreement with us, but he won't bless you if you rebel against him. You may think you can get away with it, but you will cause the rest of Israel to be punished along with you.

1 John 5:10

If we have faith in God's Son, we have believed what God has said. But if we don't believe what God has said about his Son, it is the same as calling God a liar.

1 Samuel 6:9

Watch to see if the chest goes on up the road to the Israelite town of Beth-Shemesh. If it goes back to its own country, you will know that it was the LORD who made us suffer so badly. But if the chest doesn't go back to its own country, then the LORD had nothing to do with the disease that hit us—it was simply bad luck.