They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
Belied - denied.
It is not he - rather, '(Yahweh) is not HE' - i:e., the true and only God (Jeremiah 14:22, "Art not thou HE, O Lord our God;" Deuteronomy 32:39, "I, even I, am HE, and there is no God with me;" Isaiah 43:10; Isaiah 43:13). By their idolatry they virtually denied Him. Or, referring to what follows, and to Jeremiah 5:9, '(Yahweh) is not His'-namely, about to be the punisher of our sins (Jeremiah 14:13; Isaiah 28:15).