Jeremiah 5:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    They have lied about the Lord and said, 'He won't do anything! No disaster will come upon us; we will not see sword or famine.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    They have denied{H3584} Jehovah,{H3068} and said,{H559} It is not he; neither shall evil{H7451} come{H935} upon us; neither shall we see{H7200} sword{H2719} nor famine:{H7458}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    They have belied{H3584}{(H8765)} the LORD{H3068}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, It is not he; neither shall evil{H7451} come{H935}{(H8799)} upon us; neither shall we see{H7200}{(H8799)} sword{H2719} nor famine{H7458}:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    They haue denied the LORDE, and sayde: it is not he. Tush, there shall no mi?fortune come vpon vs, we shall se nether swearde ner honger.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    They haue denied the Lorde, and saide, It is not he, neither shall the plague come vpon vs, neither shall we see sworde nor famine.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    They haue denied the Lorde and sayde, It is not he that loketh vpon vs tushe, there shall no misfortune come vpon vs, we shall see neither sworde nor hunger.

  • Authorized 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:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

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

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    They have lied against Jehovah, And they say, ``It is' not He, Nor come in against us doth evil, Yea, sword and famine we do not see.

  • 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:

  • 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:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    They would have nothing to do with the Lord, saying, He will do nothing, and no evil will come to us; we will not see the sword or be short of food:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They have denied Yahweh, and said, "It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “These people have denied what the LORD says. They have said,‘That is not so! No harm will come to us. We will not experience war and famine.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
  • Ps 10:6 : 6 He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved; for I shall never be in adversity.
  • Isa 28:14-15 : 14 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, who rule this people who are in Jerusalem. 15 Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we in agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hidden ourselves:
  • Jer 4:10 : 10 Then I said: Ah, Lord GOD! surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, You shall have peace; whereas the sword reaches to the soul.
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end thereof?
  • Jer 14:13-14 : 13 Then I said, 'Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, the prophets say to them, 'You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.'' 14 Then the LORD said to me, 'The prophets prophesy lies in My name; I have not sent them, nor commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision and divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart.'
  • Jer 23:14-17 : 14 I have also seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They also strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none returns from his wickedness. They are all to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants of it as Gomorrah. 15 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem profaneness has gone forth into all the land. 16 Thus says the LORD of hosts, Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you vain; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD. 17 They still say to those who despise me, 'The LORD has said, You shall have peace.' And they say to everyone who walks after the imagination of his own heart, 'No evil shall come upon you.'
  • Jer 28:4 : 4 And I will bring back to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah who went to Babylon, says the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
  • Jer 28:15-17 : 15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD has not sent you; but you make this people to trust in a lie. 16 Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, I will cast you from off the face of the earth: this year you shall die, because you have taught rebellion against the LORD. 17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
  • Jer 43:2-3 : 2 Then Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, You speak falsely: the LORD our God has not sent you to say, Do not go into Egypt to live there: 3 But Baruch the son of Neriah sets you against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.
  • Ezek 12:22-28 : 22 Son of man, what is that proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails? 23 Tell them therefore, Thus says the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb cease, and they shall no longer use it as a proverb in Israel; but say to them, The days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every vision. 24 For there shall be no more any empty vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. 25 For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall no longer be postponed: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, says the Lord GOD. 26 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 27 Son of man, behold, the house of Israel says, The vision that he sees is for many days to come, and he prophesies of the times that are far off. 28 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; None of my words shall be postponed any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, says the Lord GOD.
  • Ezek 13:6 : 6 They have seen falsehood and lying divination, saying, 'The LORD says'; but the LORD has not sent them. And they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.
  • Mic 2:11 : 11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood lies, saying, I will prophesy to you of wine and strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
  • Mic 3:11 : 11 The leaders judge for reward, and the priests teach for hire, and the prophets divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? No harm can come upon us.
  • Hab 1:5-6 : 5 Look among the nations and watch—be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in your days which you would not believe, though it were told you. 6 For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation which marches through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwellingplaces that are not theirs.
  • 1 Thess 5:2-3 : 2 For you know perfectly that the day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night. 3 For when they say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
  • 1 John 5:10 : 10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he does not believe the testimony that God has given of His Son.
  • Deut 29:19 : 19 And it comes to pass, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
  • 1 Sam 6:9 : 9 And watch, if it goes up the road to its own territory, to Beth Shemesh, then He has done us this great evil; but if not, then we shall know that it was not His hand that struck us, but it happened to us by chance.

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