Jeremiah 5:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

Jeremiah 5:12 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
1 Samuel 6:9
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to us.
Jeremiah 43:2-3
Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there: …
Ezekiel 12:22-28
Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? …
Psalms 10:6
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-19)

We may observe in these verses, as before, I. The sin of this people, upon which the commission signed against them is grounded. God disowns them and dooms them to destruction, Jer. 5:10. But is there not a cause? Yes; for, 1. They have deserted the law of God (Jer. 5:11): The house of Israel and the house of Judah, though at variance with one another, yet both agreed to deal very treacherously ag…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

12. belied--denied. It is not he--rather, “(Jehovah) is not He,” that is, the true and only God (Jr 14:22; De 32:39; Is 43:10, 13). By their idolatry they virtually denied Him. Or, referring to what follows, and to Jr 5:9, “(Jehovah) is not,” namely, about to be the punisher of our sins (Jr 14:13; Is 28:15).