Jeremiah

Jeremiah 5:12–13

¹²They have lied about the LORD and said:

“He will not do anything; harm will not come to us;

we will not see sword or famine.

¹³The prophets are but wind,

for the word is not in them.

So let their own predictions befall them.^a”

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They have lied	כִּֽחֲשׁוּ֙	ki·ḥă·šū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H3584 be disappointing, deceive, fail, grow lean
about the LORD	בַּיהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
and said	וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ	way·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
He	ה֑וּא	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
will not do anything	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
harm	רָעָ֔ה	rā·‘āh	Adjective - feminine singular	H7451 bad, evil
will not	וְלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
come	תָב֤וֹא	ṯā·ḇō·w	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to us	עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙	‘ā·lê·nū	Preposition; first person common plural	H5921 height
we will not	ל֥וֹא	lō·w	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
see	נִרְאֶֽה׃	nir·’eh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural	H7200 see
sword	וְחֶ֥רֶב	wə·ḥe·reḇ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H2719 sword
or famine	וְרָעָ֖ב	wə·rā·‘āḇ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H7458 famine, hunger

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The prophets	וְהַנְּבִיאִים֙	wə·han·nə·ḇî·’îm	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H5030 spokesman, speaker, prophet
are	יִֽהְי֣וּ	yih·yū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
but wind	לְר֔וּחַ	lə·rū·aḥ	Preposition-l; Noun - common singular	H7307 breath, wind, spirit
for the word	וְהַדִּבֵּ֖ר	wə·had·dib·bêr	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1699 pasture
not	אֵ֣ין	’ên	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
in them	בָּהֶ֑ם	bā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural
So let	כֹּ֥ה	kōh	Adverb	H3541 thus, here
befall	יֵעָשֶׂ֖ה	yê·‘ā·śeh	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
them	לָהֶֽם׃ס	lā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Jeremiah 5:12 2 Chronicles 36:16 · Psalm 10:6 · 1 Samuel 6:9 · Jeremiah 5:31 · Deuteronomy 29:19 · Jeremiah 43:2–3 · Isaiah 28:14–15 · Jeremiah 28:15–17 · Ezekiel 12:22–28 · Jeremiah 14:13–14 · Jeremiah 28:4 · Jeremiah 23:14–17

Jeremiah 5:13 Jeremiah 14:15 · Job 8:2 · Jeremiah 14:13

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.