Bible in Basic English
"They would have nothing to do with the Lord, saying, He will do nothing, and no evil will come to us; we will not see the sword or be short of food:"
— Jeremiah 5:12, Bible in Basic English
“They have belied the Lord, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:”
“They have denied Jehovah, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: ”
“They have denied Yahweh, and said, "It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine.”
Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?
Go up against her vines and make waste; let the destruction be complete: take away her branches, for they are not the Lord's.
For the people of Israel and the people of Judah have been very false to me, says the Lord.
They would have nothing to do with the Lord, saying, He will do nothing, and no evil will come to us; we will not see the sword or be short of food:
And the prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them; so it will be done to them.
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.
See, I will send you a nation from far away, O people of Israel, says the Lord; a strong nation and an old nation, a nation whose language is strange to you, so that you may not get the sense of their words.