Jeremias 5:12

12 Mentiram acerca do SENHOR,dizendo: “Ele não vai fazer nada!Nenhum mal nos acontecerá;jamais veremos espada ou 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 “Vão por entre as suas vinhas e destruam-nas,mas não acabem totalmente com elas.Cortem os seus ramos,pois eles não pertencem ao SENHOR.

11 Porque a comunidade de Israele a comunidade de Judá têm me traído”,declara o SENHOR.

12 Mentiram acerca do SENHOR,dizendo: “Ele não vai fazer nada!Nenhum mal nos acontecerá;jamais veremos espada ou fome.

13 Os profetas não passam de vento,e a palavra não está neles;por isso aconteça com eles o que dizem”.

14 Portanto, assim diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos:“Porque falaram essas palavras,farei com que as minhas palavras em sua boca sejam fogo,e este povo seja a lenha que o fogo consome.