John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 5:13
Jer 5:13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word [is] not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. Ver. 13. And the prophets shall become wind. ] All their threats and bugbear terms (devised on purpose to frighten silly people, who are no wiser than to believe them) shall come to nothing; they are but bullatae nugae, bruta fulmina, a bubbles of words, brute lightbolts; both they and their menaces shall vanish together, they shall blow over. Thus shall it be done unto them. ] The... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 5:12
Jer 5:12 They have belied the LORD, and said, [It is] not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: Ver. 12. They have belied the Lord. ] Or, They give the Lord the lie - as Montfort, Earl of Leicester, gave his sovereign, Henry III, a the lie. Every unbeliever doth as much, upon the matter; 1Jn 5:10 see the note there, Nam etiamsi non semper ore obloquitur, factis tamen obluctatur, b And said, It is not he, ] scil., That speaketh, but the prophets speak... read more