Jeremías 5:12

12 Han mentido acerca del SEÑOR; dijeron: El no existe; ninguna calamidad vendrá sobre nosotros, y no veremos ni espada ni hambre.

Jeremías 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.

Jeremías 5:12 In-Context

10 Subid por entre sus hileras de vides y destruid, mas no hagáis destrucción total; arrancad sus sarmientos, pues no son del SEÑOR;

11 porque la casa de Israel y la casa de Judá han obrado pérfidamente conmigodeclara el SEÑOR.

12 Han mentido acerca del SEÑOR; dijeron: El no existe; ninguna calamidad vendrá sobre nosotros, y no veremos ni espada ni hambre.

13 Los profetas son como el viento, y la palabra no está en ellos. Que así se les haga a ellos.

14 Por tanto, así dice el SEÑOR, Dios de los ejércitos: Por cuanto han hablado esta palabra, he aquí, pongo mis palabras en tu boca por fuego y a este pueblo por leña, y los consumirá.