Jeremiah 5:4
Jeremiah 5:3-6 The Message (MSG)
But you, GOD, you have an eye for truth, don’t you? You hit them hard, but it didn’t faze them. You disciplined them, but they refused correction. Hardheaded, harder than rock, they wouldn’t change. Then I said to myself, “Well, these are just poor people. They don’t know any better. They were never taught anything about GOD. They never went to prayer meetings. I’ll find some people from the best families. I’ll talk to them. They’ll know what’s going on, the way GOD works. They’ll know the score.” But they were no better! Rebels all! Off doing their own thing. The invaders are ready to pounce and kill, like a mountain lion, a wilderness wolf, Panthers on the prowl. The streets aren’t safe anymore. And why? Because the people’s sins are piled sky-high; their betrayals are past counting.
Jeremiah 5:4 King James Version (KJV)
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 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Then I said, “They are only the poor, They are foolish; For they do not know the way of the LORD Or the ordinance of their God.
Jeremiah 5:4 New Century Version (NCV)
But I thought, “These are only the poor, foolish people. They have not learned the way of the LORD and what their God wants them to do.
Jeremiah 5:4 American Standard Version (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
Jeremiah 5:4 New International Version (NIV)
I thought, “These are only the poor; they are foolish, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the requirements of their God.
Jeremiah 5:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
Therefore I said, “Surely these are poor. They are foolish; For they do not know the way of the LORD, The judgment of their God.
Jeremiah 5:4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
¶Then I said, “[Surely] these are only the poor (uneducated); They are [sinfully] foolish and have no [spiritual] understanding, For they do not know the way of the LORD Or the ordinance of their God [and the requirements of His just and righteous law].