Jeremiah 5:12
New International Version
They have lied about the LORD; they said, “He will do nothing! No harm will come to us; we will never see sword or famine.

New Living Translation
“They have lied about the LORD and said, ‘He won’t bother us! No disasters will come upon us. There will be no war or famine.

English Standard Version
They have spoken falsely of the LORD and have said, ‘He will do nothing; no disaster will come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine.

Berean Standard Bible
They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.

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

New King James Version
They have lied about the LORD, And said, “It is not He. Neither will evil come upon us, Nor shall we see sword or famine.

New American Standard Bible
They have lied about the LORD And said, “Not He; Misfortune will not come upon us, Nor will we see sword or famine.

NASB 1995
They have lied about the LORD And said, “Not He; Misfortune will not come on us, And we will not see sword or famine.

NASB 1977
They have lied about the LORD And said, “Not He; Misfortune will not come on us; And we will not see sword or famine.

Legacy Standard Bible
They have dealt falsely about Yahweh And said, “Not He; Calamity will not come on us, And we will not see sword or famine.

Amplified Bible
They have lied about and denied the LORD By saying, “It is not He [who speaks through His prophets]; Misfortune and evil shall not come on us, Nor will we see war or famine.

Christian Standard Bible
They have contradicted the LORD and insisted, “It won’t happen. Harm won’t come to us; we won’t see sword or famine.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They have contradicted the LORD and insisted, “It won’t happen. Harm won’t come to us; we won’t see sword or famine.”

American Standard Version
They have denied Jehovah, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
They lied to LORD JEHOVAH and they were saying: ‘surely no evil will come upon us, and we shall not see sword or famine’

Brenton Septuagint Translation
have lied to their Lord, and they have said, These things are not so; no evils shall come upon us; and we shall not see sword or famine.

Contemporary English Version
Their prophets lie and say, "The LORD won't punish us. We will have peace and plenty of food."

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They lie about the LORD and say, "He doesn't exist! Nothing bad will happen to us. We won't experience war or famine.

Good News Translation
The LORD's people have denied him and have said, "He won't really do anything. We won't have hard times; we won't have war or famine."

International Standard Version
"They have lied about the LORD by saying, 'He wouldn't do that! Disaster won't come on us. We won't see sword and famine.

JPS Tanakh 1917
They have belied the LORD, And said: 'It is not He, Neither shall evil come upon us; Neither shall we see sword nor famine;

Literal Standard Version
They have lied against YHWH, | And they say, “[It is] not He, | Nor does evil come in against us, | Indeed, we do not see sword and famine.

Majority Standard Bible
They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.

New American Bible
They denied the LORD, saying, “He is nothing, No evil shall come to us, neither sword nor famine shall we see.

NET Bible
"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.

New Revised Standard Version
They have spoken falsely of the LORD, and have said, “He will do nothing. No evil will come upon us, and we shall not see sword or famine.”

New Heart English Bible
They have denied the LORD, and said, "It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine.

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

World English Bible
They have denied Yahweh, and said, “It is not he. Evil won’t come on us. We won’t see sword or famine.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

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Context
No One is Just
11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me,” declares the LORD. 12They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine. 13The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”…

Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

Proverbs 30:9
Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, 'Who is the LORD?' Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.

Jeremiah 4:10
Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, 'You will have peace,' while a sword is at our throats."

Jeremiah 14:13
"Ah, Lord GOD!" I replied, "Look, the prophets are telling them, 'You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.'"

Jeremiah 14:22
Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.

Jeremiah 23:17
They keep saying to those who despise Me, 'The LORD says that you will have peace,' and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, 'No harm will come to you.'

Jeremiah 43:1
When Jeremiah had finished telling all the people all the words of the LORD their God--everything that the LORD had sent him to say--


Treasury of Scripture

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

have belied.

Jeremiah 5:31
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?

Jeremiah 4:10
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.

Jeremiah 14:13,14
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place…

neither.

Jeremiah 23:17
They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

Jeremiah 28:4
And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Psalm 10:6
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

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Jeremiah 5
1. The judgments of God upon the people, for their perverseness;
7. for their adultery;
10. for their impiety;
15. for their worship of idols;
19. for their contempt of God;
25. and for their great corruption in the civil state;
30. and ecclesiastical.














(12) It is not he.--i.e., It is not Jehovah who speaks. They listened to the prophet's warnings as if they came from himself only, and brought with them no certainty of the "sword" or "famine" which they foretold. Perhaps, however, the words refer also to the denial that Jehovah was working in the sufferings that fell upon the people, or even to a more entire denial, like that of the fool in Psalm 14:1.

Verse 12. - It is not he. Understand "who speaks by the prophets" (Payne Smith). It is hardly conceivable that any of the Jews absolutely denied the existence of Jehovah. They were practical, not speculative unbelievers, like men of the world in general.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
They have lied
כִּֽחֲשׁוּ֙ (ki·ḥă·šū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3584: To disappoint, deceive, fail, grow lean

about the LORD
בַּיהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and said,
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“He
ה֑וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

will not do anything;
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

harm
רָעָ֔ה (rā·‘āh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

will not
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

come
תָב֤וֹא (ṯā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to us;
עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ (‘ā·lê·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

we will not
ל֥וֹא (lō·w)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

see
נִרְאֶֽה׃ (nir·’eh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 7200: To see

sword
וְחֶ֥רֶב (wə·ḥe·reḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

or famine.
וְרָעָ֖ב (wə·rā·‘āḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7458: Famine, hunger


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