Jeremiah 5:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.””
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“The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the prophets become wind, And the word is not in them,' --thus it is done by them.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 5:13 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 6:26Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?
- Job 8:2“How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.
- 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 14:15Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!
- Jeremiah 18:18Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”
- Jeremiah 20:8For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long.
- Jeremiah 28:3Within two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and carried to Babylon.
- Hosea 9:7The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived— let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).