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Jeremiah 5:14

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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.

Wherefore thus saith {H559} the LORD {H3068} God {H430} of hosts {H6635}, Because ye speak {H1696} this word {H1697}, behold, I will make {H5414} my words {H1697} in thy mouth {H6310} fire {H784}, and this people {H5971} wood {H6086}, and it shall devour {H398} them.

Therefore ADONAI Elohei-Tzva'ot says: "Because you people speak this way, I will make my words fire in your mouth, [Yirmeyahu,] and this people wood; so that it will devour them.

Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.

Wherefore thus saith Jehovah, the 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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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 23:29 (15 votes)

    [Is] not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces?

  • Jeremiah 1:9 (15 votes)

    Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

  • Hosea 6:5 (8 votes)

    Therefore have I hewed [them] by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments [are as] the light [that] goeth forth.

  • Revelation 11:5 (7 votes)

    And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.

  • Revelation 11:6 (7 votes)

    These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

  • 2 Kings 1:10 (5 votes)

    And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I [be] a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

  • 2 Kings 1:14 (5 votes)

    Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.