Jeremiah 5:21

New International Reader's Version

‘Listen to this, you foolish people, who do not have any sense. You have eyes, but you do not see. You have ears, but you do not hear.

Cross References

Psalm 94:8

You who aren’t wise, pay attention. You foolish people, when will you become wise?

Proverbs 17:16

Why should a foolish person try to buy wisdom? They are not even able to understand it.

Isaiah 27:11

When their twigs are dry, they will be broken off. Then women will come and make fires with them. The people of Jacob don’t understand the Lord. So the God who made them won’t be concerned about them. Their Creator won’t be kind to them.

Isaiah 43:8

Lead my people into court. They have eyes but can’t see. Bring those who have ears but can’t hear.

Isaiah 44:18

People like that don’t even know what they are doing. Their eyes are shut so that they can’t see the truth. Their minds are closed so that they can’t understand it.

Jeremiah 10:8

All of them are foolish. They don’t have any sense. They think they are taught by worthless wooden gods.

Jeremiah 4:22

The Lord says, “My people are foolish. They do not know me. They are children who do not have any sense. They have no understanding at all. They are skilled in doing what is evil. They do not know how to do what is good.”

Jeremiah 5:20

“Here is what I want you to announce to the people of Jacob. Tell it in Judah. Tell them I say,

Jeremiah 5:4

I thought, “The people of Jerusalem are foolish. They don’t know how the Lord wants them to live. They don’t know what their God requires of them.

Jeremiah 6:10

Who can I speak to? Who can I warn? Who will even listen to me? Their ears are closed so they can’t hear. The Lord’s message displeases them. They don’t take any delight in it.

Jeremiah 7:13

I spoke to you again and again,” announces the Lord. “I warned you while you were doing all these things. But you did not listen. I called out to you. But you did not answer.

Jeremiah 8:7

Storks know when to fly south. So do doves, swifts and thrushes. But my people do not know what I require them to do.

Ezekiel 12:2

“Son of man, you are living among people who refuse to obey me. They have eyes that can see. But they do not really see. They have ears that can hear. But they do not really hear. They refuse to obey me.

Hosea 7:11

The Lord says, “The people of Ephraim are like a dove. They are easily tricked. They do not have any sense at all. First they call out to Egypt for help. Then they turn to Assyria.

Zechariah 7:11

But they refused to pay attention to the Lord. They were stubborn. They turned their backs and covered their ears.

Mark 4:12

In that way, “ ‘They will see but never know what they are seeing. They will hear but never understand. Otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’ ” (Isaiah 6:9,10)

Mark 8:18

Do you have eyes and still don’t see? Do you have ears and still don’t hear? And don’t you remember?

John 12:40

“The Lord has blinded their eyes. He has closed their minds. So they can’t see with their eyes. They can’t understand with their minds. They can’t turn to the Lord. If they could, he would heal them.” (Isaiah 6:10)

Acts 28:26

“ ‘Go to your people. Say to them, “You will hear but never understand. You will see but never know what you are seeing.”

Romans 1:20

Ever since the world was created it has been possible to see the qualities of God that are not seen. I’m talking about his eternal power and about the fact that he is God. Those things can be seen in what he has made. So people have no excuse for what they do.

Romans 11:8

It is written, “God made it hard for them to understand. He gave them eyes that could not see. He gave them ears that could not hear. And they are still like that today.” (Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10)

Deuteronomy 29:3

With your own eyes you saw how the Lord really made them suffer. You saw the signs and amazing things he did.

Deuteronomy 29:4

But to this day the Lord hasn’t given you a mind that understands. He hasn’t given you eyes that see. He hasn’t given you ears that hear.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is that how you thank the Lord? You aren’t wise. You are foolish. Remember, he’s your Father. He’s your Creator. He made you. He formed you.