Jeremiah 5:12

They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
belied	כִּֽחֲשׁוּ֙ ki.cha.Shu	H3584	to be untrue · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person common plural
LORD	בַּיהוָ֔ה ba.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
said	וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ vai.yo.me.Ru	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
evil	רָעָ֔ה ra.'Ah	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
come	תָב֤וֹא ta.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
see	נִרְאֶֽה nir.'Eh	H7200	to see · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common plural
sword	וְחֶ֥רֶב ve.Che.rev	H2719	drought · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
famine	וְרָעָ֖ב ve.ra.'Av	H7458	hunger (more or less extensive) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

2 Chronicles 36:16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his peopl…
Deuteronomy 29:19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk…
1 Samuel 6:9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know th…
Psalms 10:6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
Isaiah 28:14-15 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end th…
Jeremiah 14:13-14 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you…
Jeremiah 23:14-17 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of e…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 5:10-19

We may observe in these verses, as before, I. The sin of this people, upon which the commission signed against them is grounded. God disowns them and dooms them to destruction, Jer 5:10. But is there not a cause? Yes; for, 1. They have deserted the law of God (Jer 5:11): The house of Israel and the house of Judah, though at variance with one another, yet both agreed to deal very treacherously against God. They forsook the worship of him, and therein violated their covenants with him; they revolted from him, and played the hypocrite with him. 2. They have defied the judgments of God and given the lie to his threatenings in the mouth of his prophets, Jer 5:12, Jer 5:13. They were often told th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 5:12

belied--denied. It is not he--rather, "(Jehovah) is not HE," that is, the true and only God (Jer 14:22; Deu 32:39; Isa 43:10, Isa 43:13). By their idolatry they virtually denied Him. Or, referring to what follows, and to Jer 5:9, "(Jehovah) is not," namely, about to be the punisher of our sins (Jer 14:13; Isa 28:15).

John Gill on Jeremiah 5:12

They have belied the Lord, and said, it is not he,.... Or, "denied the Lord" (x), as some render the words, saying that there was no God; which, though they might not deliver in express words, yet inasmuch as they denied his providence, and disbelieved his word by his prophets, it was tacitly denying that there was a God, or that the Lord was God. The meaning of the phrase "not he" may be, he takes no notice of what is done by us; he does not concern himself with our affairs; nor has he given any such orders to our enemies, as above; nor said these things by the prophets which are pretended: neither shall evil come upon us; they speak of: neither shall we see sword nor famine; war and sieg…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 5:12

Jeremiah 5:12 12. They have belied the Lord, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: 12. Negarunt Jehovam (alii vertunt, mentiti sunt Jehovae,) et dixerunt, Non est, et non veniet super nos malum; et gladium et famem non videbimus. He expresses more clearly and fully what he had previously said. Their perfidy was, that they had denied God I do not wholly reject what others have said, that they lied to God: but as v is here used after kchs, I cannot see that it means to lie. It ought to have been in that case, kchsv, lyhvhcacheshu La-Jeve: but as it is vyhvh, Be-Jeve, I doubt not but that he simply declares that they denied God; and t…

The Church Fathers

(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, and said: He is not, by whose judgment all things are done, but these things happened by chance: and the things that the voices of the prophets threaten us with will not happen, nor will we see the sword, nor will we endure the siege famine, and whatever the prophets said, they spoke in vain, and all their words were in vain, and they did not receive an answer, which means the oracle or word of God was not in them, therefore they will endure what the following passage describes. Let the negligent Church listen to this and refute the providence of God, that it may believe the things that are said, lest it endure both the sword and famine.
— Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah

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Dictionary and topics

Infidelity · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Self-Delusion · .God will not punish our sins — .God will not punish our sins

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 5:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 5:10-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 5:12

John Gill on Jeremiah 5:12

John Calvin on Jeremiah 5:12

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 5:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 5:10-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 5:12

John Gill on Jeremiah 5:12

John Calvin on Jeremiah 5:12

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 5:10-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 5:12-13

Rashi on Jeremiah 5:12