But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
Jeremiah 5:13 - King James 2000 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And [say they] the prophets will become wind [what they prophesy will not come to pass], and the word [of God] is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them [as they threatened would be done to us]. American Standard Version (1901) and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. Common English Bible The prophets are so much wind; the word isn’t in them. Thus and so may it be done to them. Catholic Public Domain Version The prophets have spoken into the wind, and there was no answer with them. Therefore, these things will happen to them." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The prophets have spoken in the wind, and there was no word of God in them: these things therefore shall befall them. |
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
Do you intend to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
How long will you speak these things? and how long shall the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
Whosoever boasts about himself of a gift not given is like clouds and wind without rain.
Behold, they are all worthless; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
Then said they, Come, and let us devise plots against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
The wind shall eat up all your shepherds, and your lovers shall go into captivity: surely then you shall be ashamed and confounded for all your wickedness.
Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD’S house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:
Then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, You speak falsely: the LORD our God has not sent you to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
The days of punishment have come, the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, because of the multitude of your iniquity, and the great hatred.