Jeremiah 5 · Verse 13

Jeremiah 5:13

And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
Jeremiah 5:13, King James Version

Jeremiah 5:13 in other translations

BSBThe prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”
WEBThe prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus it will be done to them.”
ASVand the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
YLTAnd the prophets become wind, And the word is not in them,' --thus it is done by them.
DARBYand the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
BBEAnd the prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them; so it will be done to them.
WebsterAnd the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done to them.

What does Jeremiah 5:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. Continuation of the unbelieving language of the Jews. the prophets--who prophesy punishment coming on us. the word--the Holy Spirit, who speaks through true prophets, is not in them [Maurer]. Or else, "There is no word (divine communication) in them" (Ho 1:2) [Rosenmuller]. thus, &c.--Their ill-omened prophecies shall fall on themselves.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 And the prophets shall become wind - What are the prophets? Empty persons. Their words are wind; we hear the sound of their threatening but of the matter of the threatenings we shall hear no more. And the word is not in them - There is no inspirer, but may their own predictions fall on their own heads! This seems the natural sense of this passage.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 5:10-18

Multitudes are ruined by believing that God will not be so strict as his word says he will; by this artifice Satan undid mankind. Sinners are not willing to own any thing to be God's word, that tends to part them from, or to disquiet them in, their sins. Mocking and misusing the Lord's messengers, filled the measure of their iniquity. God can bring trouble upon us from places and causes very remote. He has mercy in…

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Jeremiah 5:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהַנְּבִיאִים֙ve.ha.ne.vi.'Imand the prophetsH5030
יִֽהְי֣וּyih.Yuthey will becomeH1961
לְר֔וּחַle.Ru.ach<into> windH7307
וְהַדִּבֵּ֖רve.ha.di.Berand the wordH1699
אֵ֣ין'einnotH369
בָּהֶ֑םba.Hem[is] in <the> them
כֹּ֥הkohthusH3541
יֵעָשֶׂ֖הye.'a.Sehlet it be doneH6213
לָהֶֽם\׃\ \סla.Hemto <the> them

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 5:13

  • Jeremiah 14:15

    Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

  • Jeremiah 14:13

    Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

  • Job 8:2

    How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

  • Jeremiah 20:8-11

    For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.

  • Jeremiah 18:18

    Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

  • Jeremiah 28:3

    Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the Lord’s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:

  • Hosea 9:7

    The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.

  • Job 6:26

    Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the prophets.
14:13,15; 18:18; 20:8-11; 28:3; Job 6:26; 8:2; Ho 9:7

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Context

  • Jeremiah 5:12

    They have belied the Lord, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

  • Jeremiah 5:13

    And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

  • Jeremiah 5:14

    Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

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Jeremiah 5:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Antes los profetas serán como viento, y no hay en ellos palabra; así se hará á ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et les prophètes seront du vent, et la parole n’est pas en eux: ainsi leur sera-t-il fait.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und die Propheten werden zu Wind werden, und der da redet, ist nicht in ihnen:also wird ihnen geschehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Prophetæ fuerunt in ventum locuti, et responsum non fuit in eis: hæc ergo evenient illis.