Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

But the prophets, shall prove to be wind, And there is no one speaking in them, - Thus, shall it be done to themselves!

New American Standard Bible

“The prophets are as wind,
And the word is not in them.
Thus it will be done to them!”

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

The prophets become only wind,
for the Lord’s word is not in them.
This will in fact happen to them.

International Standard Version

The prophets are nothing but wind, and the word is not in them. So may the disaster happen to them!'"

A Conservative Version

And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“The prophets are like the wind [their prophecy will not come to pass],
And the word [of God] is not in them.
In this manner it will be done to them [as they prophesied, not to us].”

Bible in Basic English

And the prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them; so it will be done to them.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And the prophets shall be for wind, and the word not in them: so shall it be done to them.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

And the prophets are like wind, and the word [is] not in them.' Thus it will be done to them."

Modern King James verseion

And the prophets shall become wind, and the Word is not in them; so it shall be done to them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

As for the warning of the Prophets, it is but wind; yea, there is not the word of God in them: such things shall happen unto themselves."

NET Bible

The prophets will prove to be full of wind. The Lord has not spoken through them. So, let what they say happen to them.'"

New Heart English Bible

The prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them."

Webster

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

World English Bible

The prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them."

Youngs Literal Translation

And the prophets become wind, And the word is not in them,' -- thus it is done by them.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נביא 
Nabiy' 
Usage: 315

רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

and the word
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

is not in them thus shall it be done

Usage: 0

Context Readings

An Invasion From The North

12 They have acted deceptively against Yahweh, And have said, Not He! Neither shall there come upon us, calamity, Nor sword nor famine, shall we see; 13 But the prophets, shall prove to be wind, And there is no one speaking in them, - Thus, shall it be done to themselves! 14 Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, God of hosts, Because ye have spoken this word, - Behold me! making my words in thy mouth to be fire, And, this people, - wood, So shall it devour them.

Cross References

Jeremiah 14:15

Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh concerning the prophets who are prophesying in my Name though, I, sent them not, and yet, they have beer, saying, Neither sword nor famine, shall there be in this land, - By sword or by famine, shall these prophets be consumed;

Job 8:2

How long wilt thou speak these things? Or, as a mighty wind, shall be the sayings of thy mouth?

Jeremiah 14:13

Then said I, Ah, My Lord Yahweh! Lo! the prophets, are saying to them - Ye shall not see the sword And famine, shall ye not have, - For prosperity in truth, will I give you, in this place.

Job 6:26

To decide words, do ye intend, When, to the wind, are spoken the sayings of one in despair?

Jeremiah 18:18

Then said they, - Come ye and let us devise against Jeremiah devices, For the law shall not perish from the priest, Nor, counsel, from the wise, Nor, the word from the prophet: Come and let as smite him with the tongue, And let us not give ear to any of his words!

Jeremiah 20:8-11

For, as often as I speak, I make outcry, Violence and wasting, I proclaim, - Yea the word of Yahweh hath become to me a reproach and derision lull the day

Jeremiah 28:3

within the space of two years, I am bringing back into this place, all the vessels of the house of Yahweh, - which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, hath taken away from this place, and carried into Babylon.

Hosea 9:7

Come are the days of visitation, come are the days of recompense, Let Israel know! The prophet is foolish, the man of the spirit doth rave, because of the greatness of thine iniquity, therefore great is the prosecution.

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