Verse 4
Jeremiah 5:4
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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But I said: Perhaps these are poor and foolish, that know not the way of the Lord, the judgement of their God (Elohim).
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/אֲנִ֣י אָמַ֔רְתִּי אַךְ דַּלִּ֖ים הֵ֑ם נוֹאֲל֕וּ כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָדְעוּ֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יְהוָ֔ה מִשְׁפַּ֖ט אֱלֹהֵי/הֶֽם
English Translation
And I said, "Surely they are poor; they are locked up because they do not know the way of the LORD, the judgment of their God."
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