Jeremias 5:12

12 Negaram ao Senhor, e disseram: Não é ele; nenhum mal nos sobrevirá; nem veremos espada nem fome.

Jeremias 5:12 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 5:12

They have belied the Lord, and said, it is not he
Or, "denied the Lord" ^F24, 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (hwhyb wvxkw) "egaverunt Dominum", V. L. Pagninus; "abnegant", Piscator; "abnegarunt Jehovam", Cocceius, Schmidt.

Jeremias 5:12 In-Context

10 Subi aos seus muros, e destruí-os; não façais, porém, uma destruição final; tirai os seus ramos; porque não são do Senhor.

11 Porque aleivosissimamente se houveram contra mim a casa de Israel e a casa de Judá, diz o Senhor.

12 Negaram ao Senhor, e disseram: Não é ele; nenhum mal nos sobrevirá; nem veremos espada nem fome.

13 E até os profetas se farão como vento, e a palavra não está com eles; assim se lhes fará.

14 Portanto assim diz o Senhor, o Deus dos exércitos: Porquanto proferis tal palavra, eis que converterei em fogo as minhas palavras na tua boca, e este povo em lenha, de modo que o fogo o consumirá.