Jeremiah 4:22
“For My people [are] foolish, || They have not known Me, || They [are] foolish sons, || Indeed, they [are] not intelligent, || They [are] wise to do evil, || And they have not known to do good.”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
21Until when do I see an ensign? Do I hear the voice of a horn?
Cross References
Genesis 39:16And she places his garment near her, until the coming in of his lord to his house.
Deuteronomy 32:28For they [are] a nation lost to counsels, || And there is no understanding in them.
2 Samuel 16:21And Ahithophel says to Absalom, “Go in to the concubines of your father, whom he left to keep the house, and all Israel has heard that you have been abhorred by your father, and the hands of all who [are] with you have been strong.”
Psalms 36:4He devises iniquity on his bed, || He stations himself on a way not good, || He does not refuse evil.”
Isaiah 1:3An ox has known its owner, || And a donkey the crib of its master, || Israel has not known, || My people have not understood.”
Isaiah 27:11In the withering of its branch it is broken off, || Women are coming in [and] setting it on fire, || For it [is] not a people of understanding, || Therefore its Maker does not pity it, || And its Former does not favor it.
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 →