Jeremiah 5:14
Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts, Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Hosts, says: Because you have said these words, I am making My words in your mouth a fire, and this people the wood it consumes.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Wherefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of hosts,{H6635} Because ye speak{H1696} this word,{H1697} behold, I will make{H5414} my words{H1697} in thy mouth{H6310} fire,{H784} and this people{H5971} wood,{H6086} and it shall devour{H398} them.
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Wherefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of hosts{H6635}, Because ye speak{H1696}{(H8763)} this word{H1697}, behold, I will make{H5414}{(H8802)} my words{H1697} in thy mouth{H6310} fire{H784}, and this people{H5971} wood{H6086}, and it shall devour{H398}{(H8804)} them.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Wherfore thus saieth the LORDE God of hoostes: because ye speake soch wordes, beholde: The wordes that are in thy mouth will I turne to fyre, and make the people to be wod, that it maye consume them.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Wherefore thus saith the Lorde God of hostes, Because ye speake such wordes, beholde, I will put my wordes into thy mouth, like a fire, and this people shall be as wood, and it shall deuoure them.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Wherfore thus saith the Lorde God of hoastes, Because ye speake such wordes, beholde, the wordes that are in thy mouth wyll I turne to fire, and make the people to be wood, that the fire may consume them.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, Because of your speaking this word, Lo, I am making My words in thy mouth become fire, And this people wood, and it hath devoured them.
American Standard Version (1901)
Wherefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
American Standard Version (1901)
Wherefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
For this reason the Lord, the God of armies, has said: Because you have said this, I will make my words in your mouth a fire, and this people wood, and they will be burned up by it.
World English Bible (2000)
Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, "Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Because of that, the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, said to me,“Because these people have spoken like this, I will make the words that I put in your mouth like fire. And I will make this people like wood which the fiery judgments you speak will burn up.”
Referenced Verses
- Jer 1:9 : 9 Then the LORD put forth His hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said to me, Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
- Jer 23:29 : 29 Is not my word like a fire? says the LORD, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
- Hos 6:5 : 5 Therefore I have cut them down by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and your judgments are as the light that goes forth.
- Zech 1:6 : 6 But My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? Then they returned and said: Just as the LORD of hosts determined to do to us, according to our ways and according to our deeds, so He has dealt with us.
- Rev 11:5-6 : 5 And if anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies; and if anyone desires to harm them, he must be killed in this manner. 6 These have power to shut heaven, that it does not rain in the days of their prophecy; and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.
- 2 Kgs 1:10-14 : 10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty. And fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty. 11 Again he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said to him, O man of God, thus says the king, Come down quickly. 12 And Elijah answered and said to them, If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty. 13 And he sent again a captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and pleaded with him, and said to him, O man of God, I pray you, let my life, and the life of these fifty servants of yours, be precious in your sight. 14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven and burned up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties; therefore, let my life now be precious in your sight.
- 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.
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