Jeremiah 4:22 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘For my people are fools; they do not know me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing what is evil, but they do not know how to do what is good.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Their chastisement will continue until it has accomplished its purpose] for My people are stupid, says the Lord [replying to Jeremiah]; they do not know and understand Me. They are thickheaded children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge [and know not how]. American Standard Version (1901) For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. Common English Bible My people are foolish. They don’t even know me! They are thoughtless children without understanding; they are skilled at doing wrong, inept at doing right. Catholic Public Domain Version For my foolish people have not known me. They are foolish and mad sons. They are clever in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For my foolish people have not known me: they are foolish and senseless children. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. |
Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, a son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,
The evil do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand everything.
The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s feeding trough, but Israel does not know; my people do not understand.’
When its branches dry out, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them, for they are not a people with understanding. Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them, and their Creator will not be gracious to them.
They are both stupid and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
Can the Cushite change his skin, or a leopard his spots? If so, you might be able to do what is good, you who are instructed in evil.
The priests stopped asking, ‘Where is the Lord? ’ The experts in the law no longer knew me, and the rulers rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.
How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the ram’s horn?
Hear this, you foolish and senseless people. They have eyes, but they don’t see. They have ears, but they don’t hear.
Then I thought: They are just the poor; they have been foolish. For they don’t understand the way of the Lord, the justice of their God.
If only I had a traveller’s lodging place in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a solemn assembly of treacherous people.
They bent their tongues like their bows; lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land, for they proceed from one evil to another, and they do not take me into account. This is the Lord’s declaration.
Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to speak lies; they wear themselves out doing wrong.
‘ “How your heart was inflamed with lust #– #the declaration of the Lord God #– #when you did all these things, the acts of a brazen prostitute,
Hear the word of the Lord, people of Israel, for the Lord has a case against the inhabitants of the land: There is no truth, no faithful love, and no knowledge of God in the land!
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you from serving as my priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your sons.
Their actions do not allow them to return to their God, for a spirit of promiscuity is among them, and they do not know the Lord.
The people are incapable of doing right – this is the Lord’s declaration – those who store up violence and destruction in their citadels.
Woe to those who dream up wickedness and prepare evil plans on their beds! At morning light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
Both hands are good at accomplishing evil: the official and the judge demand a bribe; when the powerful man communicates his evil desire, they plot it together.
‘The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the children of this age are more shrewd than the children of light in dealing with their own people.
They will do these things because they haven’t known the Father or me.
And because they did not think it worth while to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a corrupt mind so that they do what is not right.
The report of your obedience has reached everyone. Therefore I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise about what is good, and yet innocent about what is evil.
Brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.
Is this how you repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Isn’t he your Father and Creator? , Didn’t he make you and sustain you?