Jeremiah 5:13

“And the prophets shall become wind, etc.] Their prophecies shall vanish into air; they shall become of no effect; they shall never be accomplished: and the word is not in them; not the word of the Lord; he never spoke by them; they speak of themselves; they never were inspired or commissioned by him to say what they do: thus shall it be done unto them; the same evils they say shall befall us shall come upon them; they shall perish by the sword or famine; we have reason to believe that our predictions are as good as theirs, and will be fulfilled: or, “thus let it be done to them”f119; as they have prophesied shall be done to us; and so are an imprecation. The Targum interprets the whole of…”

“Continuation of the unbelieving language of the Jews. the prophets--who prophesy punishment coming on us. the word--the Holy Spirit, who speaks through true prophets, is not in them [MAURER]. Or else, "There is no word (divine communication) in them" (Hos 1:2) [ROSENMULLER]. thus, &c.--Their ill-omened prophecies shall fall on themselves.”

“Word - Rather, speaker. Literally, And he who speaketh is not in them, i. e., there is no one who speaketh in them; what the prophets say has no higher authority than themselves. Thus ... - i. e., May the evil which the prophets threaten fall upon their head. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Became wind - A proverbial expression, all the prophet's threats shall come to nothing. The word - The prophet's words are not from God. Thus - It shall fall upon their own heads that have thus threatened us. Jeremiah 5:14”

“the prophets: Jer 14:13, Jer 14:15, Jer 18:18, Jer 20:8-11, Jer 28:3; Job 6:26, Job 8:2; Hos 9:7 Jeremiah 5:14”