Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 5:13
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 12, 13.) They denied the Lord and said: He is not (or these things are not), and evil will not come upon us. We will not see sword and famine. The prophets spoke in vain and there was no answer (or response) in them. Therefore, these things will happen to them. Because they denied the Lord or lied to the Lord,…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
13Our prophets became wind, and the word of the Lord was not in them.
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In context
11For the house of Israel have indeed dealt treacherously against me, saith the Lord: the house of Judah also
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.
— Jeremiah 5:13 —
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.
15Behold, I will bring upon you a nation from far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord; a nation the sound of whose language one shall not understand.