Jeremiah 5:21

New English Translation

Tell them: ‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:

Cross References

Psalm 94:8

Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand?

Proverbs 17:16

Of what use is money in the hand of a fool, since he has no intention of acquiring wisdom?

Isaiah 27:11

When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them.

Isaiah 43:8

Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, those who are deaf, even though they have ears!

Isaiah 44:18

They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.

Jeremiah 10:8

The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!

Jeremiah 4:22

The Lord answered, “This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good.”

Jeremiah 5:20

“Proclaim this message among the descendants of Jacob. Make it known throughout Judah.

Jeremiah 5:4

I thought, “Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. They act like fools because they do not know what the Lord demands. They do not know what their God requires of them.

Jeremiah 6:10

I answered, “Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? Their ears are so closed that they cannot hear! Indeed, what the Lord says is offensive to them. They do not like it at all.

Jeremiah 7:13

You also have done all these things, says the Lord, and I have spoken to you over and over again. But you have not listened! You have refused to respond when I called you to repent!

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the stork knows when it is time to move on. The turtledove, swallow, and crane recognize the normal times for their migration. But my people pay no attention to what I, the Lord, require of them.

Ezekiel 12:2

“Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, because they are a rebellious house.

Hosea 7:11

Ephraim has been like a dove, easily deceived and lacking discernment. They called to Egypt for help; they turned to Assyria for protection.

Zechariah 7:11

“But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.

Mark 4:12

so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”

Mark 8:18

Though you have eyes, don’t you see? And though you have ears, can’t you hear? Don’t you remember?

John 12:40

“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them.”

Acts 28:26

when he said, ‘Go to this people and say, “You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive.

Romans 1:20

For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, because they are understood through what has been made. So people are without excuse.

Romans 11:8

as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day.”

Deuteronomy 29:3

Your eyes have seen the great judgments, those signs and mighty wonders.

Deuteronomy 29:4

But to this very day the Lord has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears!

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is this how you repay the Lord, you foolish, unwise people? Is he not your father, your creator? He has made you and established you.