Discovery BoxJeremiah 5:12 
Context5:12 “These people have denied what the Lord says. 1
They have said, ‘That is not so! 2
No harm will come to us.
We will not experience war and famine. 3
Jeremiah 52:6
Context52:6 By the ninth day of the fourth month 4 the famine in the city was so severe the residents 5 had no food.
1 tn Heb “have denied the
2 tn Or “he will do nothing”; Heb “Not he [or it]!”
3 tn Heb “we will not see the sword and famine.”
4 sn According to modern reckoning that would have been July 18, 586
5 tn Heb “the people of the land.”
