Lectionary Calendar
Tuesday, April 29th, 2025
the Second Week after Easter
Attention!
Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda.
Click here to join the effort!

Read the Bible

King James Version

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:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   Idolatry;   Infidelity;   Self-Delusion;   Unbelief;   Thompson Chain Reference - Atheism;   Carnal Security;   Faith-Unbelief;   Infidelity;   Security;   Security-Insecurity;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Self-Delusion;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Belie;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They have contradicted the Lordand insisted, “It won’t happen.Harm won’t come to us;we won’t see sword or famine.”
Hebrew Names Version
They have denied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
English Standard Version
They have spoken falsely of the Lord and have said, ‘He will do nothing; no disaster will come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine.
New American Standard Bible
They have lied about the LORD And said, "Not He; Misfortune will not come upon us, Nor will we see sword or famine.
New Century Version
Those people have lied about the Lord and said, "He will not do anything to us! Nothing bad will happen to us! We will never see war or hunger!
Amplified Bible
They have lied about and denied the LORD By saying, "It is not He [who speaks through His prophets]; Misfortune and evil shall not come on us, Nor will we see war or famine.
World English Bible
They have denied Yahweh, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
Geneva Bible (1587)
They haue denied the Lorde, and saide, It is not he, neither shall the plague come vpon vs, neither shall we see sworde nor famine.
Legacy Standard Bible
They have dealt falsely about YahwehAnd said, "Not He;Calamity will not come on us,And we will not see sword or famine.
Berean Standard Bible
They 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.
Contemporary English Version
Their prophets lie and say, "The Lord won't punish us. We will have peace and plenty of food."
Complete Jewish Bible
They have denied Adonai , they have said, "He won't do anything, calamity will not strike us, we will see neither sword nor famine.
Darby Translation
They have denied Jehovah, and say, He is not; and evil shall not come upon us, nor shall we see sword nor famine;
Easy-to-Read Version
"Those people lied about the Lord . They said, ‘He will not do anything to us. Nothing bad will happen to us. We will never see an army attack us. We will never starve.'
George Lamsa Translation
They have lied against the LORD and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
Good News Translation
The Lord 's people have denied him and have said, "He won't really do anything. We won't have hard times; we won't have war or famine."
Lexham English Bible
"They have denied Yahweh, and have said, ‘Not he, for evil will not come on us, we will see neither sword nor famine.
Literal Translation
They have lied against Jehovah and said, It is not He; and, No evil shall come on us; and, We shall not see sword or famine.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They haue denied the LORDE, and sayde: it is not he. Tush, there shall no mi?fortune come vpon vs, we shall se nether swearde ner honger.
American Standard Version
They have denied Jehovah, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
Bible in Basic English
They would have nothing to do with the Lord, saying, He will do nothing, and no evil will come to us; we will not see the sword or be short of food:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
They have belied the LORD, and said: 'It is not He, neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine;
King James Version (1611)
They haue belyed the Lord, and said; It is not he, neither shall euill come vpon vs, neither shal we see sword nor famine.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
They haue denied the Lorde and sayde, It is not he [that loketh vpon vs] tushe, there shall no misfortune come vpon vs, we shall see neither sworde nor hunger.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
have 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.
English Revised Version
They have denied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
thei denyeden the Lord, and seiden, He is not, nether yuel schal come on vs; we schulen not se swerd and hungur.
Update Bible Version
They have denied Yahweh, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
Webster's Bible Translation
They have belied the LORD, and said, [It is] not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
New English Translation
"These people have denied what the Lord says. They have said, ‘That is not so! No harm will come to us. We will not experience war and famine.
New King James Version
They have lied about the LORD, And said, "It is not He. Neither will evil come upon us, Nor shall we see sword or famine.
New Living Translation
"They have lied about the Lord and said, ‘He won't bother us! No disasters will come upon us. There will be no war or famine.
New Life Bible
"They have lied about the Lord and said, ‘He will do nothing. Nothing bad will happen to us, and we will not see sword or hunger.
New Revised Standard
They have spoken falsely of the Lord , and have said, "He will do nothing. No evil will come upon us, and we shall not see sword or famine."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
They have acted deceptively against Yahweh, And have said, Not He! Neither shall there come upon us, calamity, Nor sword nor famine, shall we see;
Douay-Rheims Bible
They have denied the Lord, and said, It is not he: and the evil shall not come upon us: we shall not see the sword and famine.
Revised Standard Version
They have spoken falsely of the LORD, and have said, 'He will do nothing; no evil will come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine.
Young's Literal Translation
They have lied against Jehovah, And they say, `[It is] not He, Nor come in against us doth evil, Yea, sword and famine we do not see.
THE MESSAGE
"They've spread lies about God . They've said, ‘There's nothing to him. Nothing bad will happen to us, neither famine nor war will come our way. The prophets are all windbags. They speak nothing but nonsense.'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They have lied about the LORD And said, "Not He; Misfortune will not come on us, And we will not see sword or famine.

Contextual Overview

10 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord 's. 11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord . 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: 13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. 14 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. 15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord : it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say. 16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. 17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. 18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord , I will not make a full end with you. 19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not your's.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

have belied: Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 4:10, Jeremiah 14:13, Jeremiah 14:14, Jeremiah 23:14-17, Jeremiah 28:15-17, Jeremiah 43:2, Jeremiah 43:3, Deuteronomy 29:19, 1 Samuel 6:9, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Isaiah 28:14, Isaiah 28:15, Ezekiel 12:22-28, Ezekiel 13:6, Micah 2:11, Micah 3:11, Habakkuk 1:5, Habakkuk 1:6, 1 John 5:10

neither: Jeremiah 23:17, Jeremiah 28:4, Psalms 10:6, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:14 - as one Deuteronomy 28:58 - fear this glorious 1 Kings 13:18 - But Isaiah 5:19 - Let him Jeremiah 6:14 - Peace Jeremiah 14:15 - Sword and famine shall not Jeremiah 18:18 - and let us not Jeremiah 24:10 - General Ezekiel 6:10 - General 2 Peter 3:4 - where

Cross-References

Luke 3:37
Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 sieges, and famine, the consequence of them.

x וכחשו ביהוה "egaverunt Dominum", V. L. Pagninus; "abnegant", Piscator; "abnegarunt Jehovam", Cocceius, Schmidt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is not he - i. e., Who speaks by the prophets.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 5:12. They have belied the Lord — כחשו kichashu. They have denied or disavowed the Lord.

It is not he — לוא הוא lo hu, he is not; there is no such being; therefore this evil shall not come upon us. On their premises, this conclusion was just. There is no judge; therefore there shall be no judgment. Thus they denied the Lord. They were atheists at heart.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile