Jeremiah 5:12

“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 

De 29:19; 1Sa 6:9; 2Ch 36:16; Ps 10:6; Isa 28:14,15; Jer 4:10; Jer 5:31; Jer 14:13,14; Jer 23:14-17; Jer 23:17; Jer 28:4; Jer 28:15-17; Jer 43:2,3; Eze 12:22-28; Eze 13:6; Mic 2:11; Mic 3:11; Hab 1:5,6; 1Th 5:2,3; 1Jo 5:10

¹ tn Heb “have denied the Lord.” The words “What…says” are implicit in what follows.

² tn Or “he will do nothing”; Heb “Not he [or it]!”

³ tn Heb “we will not see the sword and famine.”