Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
They say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed - retribution in kind both to the false prophets and to their hearers (Jeremiah 14:16). (See Jeremiah 5:12-13).