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Jeremiah 4:22

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20 Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.

21 How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?

“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.”

23 I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.

24 I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.

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BSB
“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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”
ASV
For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
DARBY
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.
BLB
“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.
ÅB
For uklokt er mitt folk, meg kjenner de ikke; de er uvettige barn, og uforstandige er de; de er vise til å gjøre det onde, men å gjøre det gode skjønner de ikke.
OTB
«For Mitt folk er tåpelig; de kjenner Meg ikke. De er sanseløse barn; de har ingen forståelse. De er dyktige i å gjøre ondt; de vet ikke hvordan de skal gjøre godt.»
B1930
For uklokt er mitt folk, mig kjenner de ikke; de er uvettige barn, og uforstandige er de; de er vise til å gjøre det onde, men å gjøre det gode skjønner de ikke.

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 14:20

    Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

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  • 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.

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  • Jeremiah 5:21

    “Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

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  • Romans 3:11

    There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.

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  • 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.

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  • Romans 1:22

    Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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