Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 5:12
A church father on this verse
“Accusation is the censure of wrongdoers. This mode of instruction God employs by David, when he says, "The people whom I did not know served me, and when their ears heard they obeyed me. Sons of strangers came to me, and halted from their ways." And by Jeremiah: "And I gave her a divorce decree, but covenant-breaking…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
12have lied to their Lord, and they have said, These things are not so; no evils shall come upon us; and we shall not see sword or famine.
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10Go up upon her battlements, and break them down; but make not a full end: leave her buttresses; for they are the Lord’s.
11For the house of Israel have indeed dealt treacherously against me, saith the Lord: the house of Judah also
— Jeremiah 5:12 —
13Our prophets became wind, and the word of the Lord was not in them.
14Therefore thus saith the Lord Almighty, Because ye have spoken this word, behold, I have made my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.