Bible verse
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.
Jeremiah 5:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from Jeremiah 5.
8 They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.
9 Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
10 Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me,” declares the LORD.
12 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.
13 The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”
14 Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.
15 Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
16 Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.
KJV
They have belied the LORD, and said, [It is] not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
ASV
They have denied Jehovah, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
ERV
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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