Jeremiah 5:4
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.
Jeremiah 5:4 in other translations
| BSB | Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God. |
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| WEB | Then I said, “Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don’t know the LORD’s way, nor the law of their God. |
| ASV | Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God: |
| YLT | And I--I said, ‘Surely these are poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God. |
| DARBY | And I said, Surely these are the wretched ones, they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, the judgment of their God. |
| BBE | Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the Lord or of the behaviour desired by their God. |
| Webster | Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. |
What does Jeremiah 5:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 5:1-9
The Jews' profession of religion was hypocritical. (Jr 5:1-9) The cruel proceedings of their enemies. (Jr 5:10-18) Their apostacy and idolatry. (Jr 5:19-31) Verses 1-9 None could be found who behaved as upright and godly men. But the Lord saw the true character of the people through all their disguises. The poor were ignorant, and therefore they were wicked. What can be expected but works of darkness, from people…
Jeremiah 5:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 5:4
- 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.
- Jeremiah 8:7
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
- Isaiah 28:9-13
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. …
- Matthew 11:5
The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
- Jeremiah 4:22
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 7:8
Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
- Isaiah 27:11
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
- John 7:48-49
Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
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Context
- Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
- Jeremiah 5:4
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.
- Jeremiah 5:5
I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
Jeremiah 5:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Yo empero dije: Por cierto ellos son pobres, enloquecido han, pues no conocen el camino de Jehová, el juicio de su Dios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et j’ai dit: Voilà, ce sont de pauvres gens, ce sont des fous; car ils ne connaissent pas la voie de l’ Éternel, le jugement de leur Dieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ich sprach: Nur Geringe sind es; die sind betört, weil sie den Weg Jehovas, das Recht ihres Gottes, nicht kennen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ego autem dixi: Forsitan pauperes sunt et stulti, ignorantes viam Domini, judicium Dei sui. |