Verse 22
Jeremiah 4:22
Literal Standard Version
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“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.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֣י אֱוִ֣יל עַמִּ֗/י אוֹתִ/י֙ לֹ֣א יָדָ֔עוּ בָּנִ֤ים סְכָלִים֙ הֵ֔מָּה וְ/לֹ֥א נְבוֹנִ֖ים הֵ֑מָּה חֲכָמִ֥ים הֵ֨מָּה֙ לְ/הָרַ֔ע וּ/לְ/הֵיטִ֖יב לֹ֥א יָדָֽעוּ
English Translation
For they are foolish people; they do not know. They are sullen children; they are not understanding. They are wise for evil, but to do good they do not know.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 4 Context
1
“If you return, O Israel,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “Return to Me, || And if you turn aside Your...
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2
And you have sworn—YHWH lives, || In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness, || And nations have b...
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3
For thus said YHWH, || To the man of Judah, and to Jerusalem: “Till for yourselves tillage, || And d...
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4
Be circumcised to YHWH, || And turn aside the foreskins of your heart, || O man of Judah, and you in...
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5
Declare in Judah, and sound in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow a horn in the land, || Call, Fill up togeth...
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6
Lift up an ensign toward Zion, || Strengthen yourselves, do not stand still, || For I am bringing ev...
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7
A lion has gone up from his thicket, || And a destroyer of nations has journeyed, || He has come for...
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8
For this, gird on sackcloth, lament and howl, || For the fierce anger of YHWH has not turned back fr...
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9
“And it has come to pass in that day,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “The heart of the king perishes,...
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10
And I say, “Aah! Lord YHWH, || Surely you have entirely forgotten this people and Jerusalem, || Sayi...
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11
At that time it is said of this people, || And of Jerusalem: “A dry wind of high places in the wilde...
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12
A full wind from these comes for Me, || Now also, I speak judgments with them.”
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13
“Behold, he comes up as clouds, || And his chariots as a windstorm, || His horses have been lighter...
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14
Wash evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, || That you may be saved, || Until when do you lodge in your...
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15
For a voice is declaring from Dan, || And sounding sorrow from Mount Ephraim:
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16
“Make mention to the nations, || Behold, sound to Jerusalem, || Besiegers are coming from the far-of...
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17
As the keepers of a field || They have been against her all around, || For she has been rebellious w...
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18
“Your way and your doings have done these to you, || This is your distress, for it is bitter, || For...
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19
My bowels, my bowels! I am pained in the walls of my heart, || My heart makes a noise for me, I am n...
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20
Destruction on destruction is proclaimed, || For all the land has been spoiled, || My tents have sud...
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21
Until when do I see an ensign? Do I hear the voice of a horn?
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22
“For My people are foolish, || They have not known Me, || They are foolish sons, || Indeed, they are...
23
I looked to the earth, and behold—formless and void, || And to the heavens, and they had no light.
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24
I have looked to the mountains, || And behold, they are trembling. And all the hills moved themselve...
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25
I have looked, and behold, man is not, || And all birds of the heavens have fled.
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26
I have looked, and behold, || The fruitful place is a wilderness, || And all its cities have been br...
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27
For thus said YHWH: “All the land is a desolation, but I do not make a completion.
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28
For this the earth mourns, || And the heavens above have been black, || Because I have spoken—I have...
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29
From the voice of the horseman, || And of him shooting with the bow, || All the city is fleeing, ||...
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30
And you, O spoiled one, what do you do? For you put on scarlet, || For you adorn yourself with ornam...
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31
For I have heard a voice as of a travailing woman, || Distress, as of one bringing forth a firstborn...
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