Jeremiah 4:22
For the princes of my people have not known me, they are foolish and unwise children: they are wise to do evil, but how to do good they have not known.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
21How long shall I see fugitives, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
23I looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was not; and to the sky, and there was no light in it.
Cross References
Genesis 39:16So she leaves the clothes by her, until the master came to his house.
Deuteronomy 32:28It is a nation that has lost counsel, neither is there understanding in them.
2 Samuel 16:21And Achitophel said to Abessalom, Go in to thy father's concubines, whom he left to keep his house; and all Israel shall hear that thou hast dishonoured thy father; and the hands of all that are with thee shall be strengthened.
Psalms 36:4Delight thyself in the Lord; and he shall grant thee the requests of thine heart.
Isaiah 1:3The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel does not know me, and the people has not regarded me.
Isaiah 27:11And after a time there shall be in it no green thing because of the grass being parched. Come hither, ye women that come + 27:11 See Heb.from a sight; for it is a people of no understanding; therefore he that made them shall have no pity upon them, and he that formed them shall have no mercy upon them.
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 →