Jeremiah 5:14

New American Bible - revised edition

Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, because you have said this— See! I make my words a fire in your mouth, And this people the wood that it shall devour!—

Cross References

Isaiah 24:6

Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants pay for their guilt; Therefore they who dwell on earth have dwindled, and only a few are left.

Jeremiah 1:9

Then the Lord extended his hand and touched my mouth, saying to me, See, I place my words in your mouth!

Jeremiah 23:29

Is not my word like fire—oracle of the Lord— like a hammer shattering rock?

Hosea 6:5

For this reason I struck them down through the prophets, I killed them by the words of my mouth; my judgment shines forth like the light.

Zechariah 1:6

But my words and my statutes, with which I charged my servants the prophets, did these not overtake your ancestors? Then they repented and admitted: “Just as the Lord of hosts intended to treat us according to our ways and deeds, so the Lord has done.” First Vision: Horses Patrolling the Earth.