"For my people {is} foolish, they have not known me; they {are} sottish children, and they have none understanding: they …" — Jeremiah 4:22

Jeremiah 4:22 · 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.”

— Jeremiah 4:22

Verse 21

How long shall I see the standard, {and} hear the sound of the trumpet?

Verse 23

I beheld the earth, and, lo, {it was} without form, and void; and the heavens, and they {had} no light.

Jeremiah 4 — Context

Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, {and} my curtains in a moment.

How long shall I see the standard, {and} hear the sound of the trumpet?

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.

I beheld the earth, and, lo, {it was} without form, and void; and the heavens, and they {had} no light.

I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. {men: Gr. perfect, or, of a ripe age}

Romans 16:19

For your obedience is come abroad unto all {men}. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil. {simple: or, harmless}

Jeremiah 5:21

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: {understanding: Heb. heart}

Romans 3:11

There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. {destroyed: Heb. cut off}

Romans 1:22

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Hosea 5:4

They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms {is} in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD. {They will...: or, Their doings will not suffer them} {frame: Heb. give}

John 16:3

And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.