but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Jehovah arose against his people, till there was no remedy.\par
Jeremiah 5:12 - American Standard Version 2015 They have denied Jehovah, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They have lied about and denied the Lord by saying, It is not He [Who speaks through His prophets]! Evil shall not come upon us; nor shall we see war or famine. 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: Common English Bible They have lied about the LORD and said, “He’ll do nothing! Disaster won’t come upon us; we won’t see war or famine.” Catholic Public Domain Version They have denied the Lord, and they have said, 'It is not him,' and, 'Evil will not overwhelm us. We will not see famine and the sword.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They have denied the Lord and said: It is not he and the evil shall not come upon us. We shall not see the sword and famine. |
but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Jehovah arose against his people, till there was no remedy.\par
He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved;\par\tab To all generations I shall not be in adversity.
{\b For the Chief Musician. {\i A Psalm} of David.}\par\par\tab The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.\par\tab They are corrupt, they have done abominable works;\par\tab There is none that doeth good.
Lest I be full, and deny {\i thee}, and say, Who is Jehovah?\par\tab Or lest I be poor, and steal,\par\tab And use profanely the name of my God.\par
Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.\par
Neither said they, Where is Jehovah that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt?
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.\par
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.\par
And it came to pass that, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of Jehovah their God, wherewith Jehovah their God had sent him to them, even all these words,
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?\par
They have healed also the hurt of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
They have seen falsehood and lying divination, that say, Jehovah saith; but Jehovah hath not sent them: and they have made men to hope that the word would be confirmed.
If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood do lie, {\i saying}, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.\par
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.
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.
He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son.
And see; if it goeth up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.