World English Bible
Jeremiah 5:14
“Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, "Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 5
12
They have denied Yahweh, and said, "It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine.
13
The prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them.
14
Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, "Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
15
Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far, house of Israel," says Yahweh. "It is a mighty nation. It is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you don't know, neither understand what they say.
16
Their quiver is an open tomb, they are all mighty men.
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