Jeremiah 4:22

Translations

Modern

“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

Traditional

For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Literal

“For My people are foolish—they have not known Me! They are foolish children, and they have no understanding! They are wise to do evil, and to do good they do not know.

Latin

Quia stultus populus meus me non cognovit: filii insipientes sunt et vecordes: sapientes sunt ut faciant mala, bene autem facere nescierunt.

Original

Hebrew

English

“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

1 Corinthians 14:20
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
Romans 16:19
Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.
Jeremiah 5:21
“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
Romans 3:11
There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
Romans 1:22
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
Hosea 5:4
Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.
Micah 2:1
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
John 16:3
They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
Isaiah 6:9–10
And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
Deuteronomy 32:28
Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them.
Romans 1:28
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Jeremiah (Person)

Topics

Blindness: Spiritual Condescension of God: Expostulates with Backsliding Israel Fools: Israel Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments Titles and Names of the Wicked: Sottish Children War: Evils of Wicked (People): Described

Jeremiah 4:22

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