Jeremiah 5:4
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וַאֲנִיva'aniand IH589אָמַרְתִּי'amartiI saidH559אַךְ־'akh-onlyH389דַּלִּיםdalim[are] poor [people]H1800הֵםhemtheyH1992נוֹאֲלוּno'aluthey have acted foolishlyH2973כִּיkiforH3588לֹאlo'notH3808יָדְעוּyade'uthey knowH3045דֶּרֶךְderekh[the] way ofH1870יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068מִשְׁפַּטmishpat[the] ordinance ofH4941אֱלֹהֵיהֶם׃'eloheihemGod theirH430
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