Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 5:13

"and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them." — Jeremiah 5:13 (ASV)

The word. —Literally, He who speaks, i.e., Jehovah, as the speaker.

Thus shall it be done unto them. —Better, as a wish, may it so happen to them; may the evils the prophets foretell fall on their own heads. The speech comes from the lips of the unbelieving mockers.