King James Version with Apocrypha
"They have belied the Lord, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:"
— Jeremiah 5:12, King James Version with Apocrypha
“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.”
““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.”
“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.”
“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:”
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord’s.
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord.
They have belied the Lord, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.