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Jeremiah 5:13

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהַנְּבִיאִים֙ve.ha.ne.vi.'Imand the prophetsH5030 →
יִֽהְי֣וּyih.Yuthey will becomeH1961 →
לְר֔וּחַle.Ru.ach<into> windH7307 →
וְהַדִּבֵּ֖רve.ha.di.Berand the wordH1699 →
אֵ֣ין'einnotH369 →
בָּהֶ֑םba.Hem[is] in <the> them
כֹּ֥הkohthusH3541 →
יֵעָשֶׂ֖הye.'a.Sehlet it be doneH6213 →
לָהֶֽם׃ סla.Hemto <the> them

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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!Isaiah 41:29See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the 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.’”Job 8:2“How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.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.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.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.”Job 6:26Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?Jeremiah 12:4How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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