The Meaning of Jeremiah 5:13 Explained

Jeremiah 5:13

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

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

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

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Jeremiah 5:13?

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WORDS: What do the individual words in Jeremiah 5:13 mean?

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KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Jeremiah 5:13 Mean?

Verse Meaning

There were many prophets in both kingdoms whose alleged prophecies were nothing more than hot air (wind, Heb. ruah, also translated "spirit"). They did not utter the Lord"s words. God indeed would bring judgment on His people.
"The essence of true prophecy was the spirit of God, but such was their blindness, or willful ignorance, that they could not discern between wind and the true spirit of prophecy." [1]

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 5

1  The judgments of God upon the people, for their perverseness;
7  for their adultery;
10  for their impiety;
15  for their worship of idols;
19  for their contempt of God;
25  and for their great corruption in the civil state;
30  and ecclesiastical

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 5:13 mean?

And the prophets become wind for the word [is] not in them thus shall it be done to them -
וְהַנְּבִיאִים֙ יִֽהְי֣וּ לְר֔וּחַ וְהַדִּבֵּ֖ר אֵ֣ין בָּהֶ֑ם כֹּ֥ה יֵעָשֶׂ֖ה לָהֶֽם ס

וְהַנְּבִיאִים֙  And  the  prophets 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: נָבִיא  
Sense: spokesman, speaker, prophet.
יִֽהְי֣וּ  become 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לְר֔וּחַ  wind 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common singular
Root: רוּחַ  
Sense: wind, breath, mind, spirit.
וְהַדִּבֵּ֖ר  for  the  word 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דֹּבֶר 
Sense: pasture.
אֵ֣ין  [is]  not 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
בָּהֶ֑ם  in  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
כֹּ֥ה  thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֹּה  
Sense: thus, here, in this manner.
יֵעָשֶׂ֖ה  shall  it  be  done 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לָהֶֽם  to  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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