Jeremiah 4:22
“Because my people is foolish, me have they not known; sottish children are they, and they have not any understanding: wise are they to do evil, but how to do good they do not know.”
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
21How long shall I see the standard, hear the sound of the cornet?
Cross References
Genesis 39:16And she laid up his garment by her until his lord came home.
Deuteronomy 32:28For a nation void of counsel are they, and there is no understanding in them.
2 Samuel 16:21And Achithophel said unto Abshalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, whom he hath left to guard the house; and all Israel will hear that thou art in bad odor with thy father: and then will the hands of all that are with thee become strong.
Psalms 36:4(36:5) He deviseth wickedness upon his couch; he placeth himself on a way that is not good; evil he despiseth not.
Isaiah 1:3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Isaiah 27:11When its boughs are withered, they shall be broken off; women will come and set them on fire; for it is not a people of understanding; therefore he that made it will not have mercy on it, and he that formed it will show it no favor.
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 →