Jeremiah 5:12
King James Version
“They have belied the LORD, and said, not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:”
Context
9Shall I not visit for these saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they not the LORD’S.
11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.
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.