Jeremiah 4:22
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
21How long shall I see the standard, [and] hear the sound of the trumpet?
23I beheld the earth, and lo, it was waste and empty; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Cross References
Genesis 39:16And she laid his garment by her until his lord came home.
Deuteronomy 32:28For they are a nation void of counsel, And understanding is not in them.
2 Samuel 16:21And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to thy father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art become odious with thy father; and the hands of all that are with thee shall be strong.
Psalms 36:4He deviseth wickedness up on his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good: he abhorreth not evil.
Isaiah 1:3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; Israel doth not know, my people hath no intelligence.
Isaiah 27:11When its branches are withered they shall be broken off; women shall come [and] set them on fire. For it is a people of no intelligence; therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he who formed them will shew them no favour.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 4:20-31
Punishment Predicted. ( b. c. 620.) 19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. 20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. 21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? 22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and… Read the whole commentary →