Jeremiah 5:13

In 11 translations

BSB

The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”Literally let this befall them.

KJV

And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

WEB

The prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus it will be done to them.”

ASV

and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

LSV

And the prophets become wind, || And the word is not in them, || Thus it is done to them.”

YLT

And the prophets become wind, And the word is not in them,' — thus it is done by them.

DBY

and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

DRC

The prophets have spoken in the wind, and there was no word of God in them: these things therefore shall befall them.

GNV

And the Prophetes shall be as winde, and the worde is not in them: thus shall it come vnto them.

JPS

And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them; thus be it done unto them.'

LXXE

Our prophets became wind, and the word of the Lord was not in them.

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WLC

וְהַנְּבִיאִים֙ יִֽהְי֣וּ לְר֔וּחַ וְהַדִּבֵּ֖ר אֵ֣ין בָּהֶ֑ם כֹּ֥ה יֵעָשֶׂ֖ה לָהֶֽם׃

LXX-Br

Οἱ προφῆται ἡμῶν ἦσαν εἰς ἄνεμον, καὶ λόγος Κυρίου οὐχ ὑπῆρχεν ἐν αὐτοῖς.

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• 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 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.’”
• Job 8:2“How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.
• 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…
• 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.
• Jeremiah 20:8–11For 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. If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,”…
• Job 6:26Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?
• 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.

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