Jeremiah 5:13 - Exposition

And the prophets , etc. A continuation of the speech of the unbelieving Jews. The word is not in them . The Authorized Version gives a good meaning, but it involves an interference with the points. The pointed text must be rendered, he who speaketh ( through the prophets , viz. Jehovah) is not in them . Thus the Jews hurl against prophets like Jeremiah the very charge which Jeremiah himself brings against the "false prophets" in Jeremiah 23:25-32 . Thus shall it be done ; rather, so be it done ; i . e . may the sword and famine, with which they threaten us, fall upon them.