Jeremiah 5:14KJV
Protestant Bible · KJV · Verse 14 of 31
"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."
In context
12They have belied the LORD, and said, not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
13And the prophets shall become wind, and the word not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
14Wherefore 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.
15Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it a mighty nation, it an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
16Their quiver as an open sepulchre, they all mighty men.