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The Voice of Mockery
Commentators unanimously clarify that this verse records the words of the unbelieving people, not God. They are mocking Jeremiah and other true prophets, claiming their dire warnings are empty like "wind" and that God is not actually speaking through them. As John Calvin notes, to despise God's preached word is to despise God Himself.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 5:13
18th Century
Theologian
Word - Rather, speaker. Literally, And he who speaks is not in them, that is, there is no one who speaks in them; what the prophets say has …
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 5:13
19th Century
Bishop
The word. —Literally, He who speaks, i.e., Jehovah, as the speaker.
Thus shall it be done unto them.
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 5:12–14
19th Century
Preacher
And said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: and the prophets shall become wind, and the wor…
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 5:13
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet continues with the same subject; and this passage is worthy of special notice, as it commends to us in no common way the public preachi…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 5:13
17th Century
Pastor
And the prophets shall become wind
Their prophecies shall vanish into air; they shall become of no effect; they shal…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 5:10–18
17th Century
Minister
Multitudes are ruined by believing that God will not be so strict as his word says he will; by this artifice Satan undid mankind. Sinners are not w…