Old Testament

New Testament

Jeremiah 5:10-14 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

10. Climb her terraces, and ravage them,destroy them completely.Tear away her tendrils,they do not belong to the Lord.

11. For they have openly rebelled against me,both the house of Israel and the house of Judah—oracle of the Lord.

12. They denied the Lord,saying, “He is nothing,No evil shall come to us,neither sword nor famine shall we see.

13. The prophets are wind,and the word is not with them.Let it be done to them!”

14. Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of hosts,because you have said this—See! I make my wordsa fire in your mouth,And this people the woodthat it shall devour!—

Read complete chapter Jeremiah 5