Jeremiah 4:22-27

Anguish over Judah's Desolation

22 "For g my people are foolish;
they know me not;
they are stupid children;
they have no understanding.
h They are 'wise' - in doing evil!
But how to do good they know not."

23 I looked on the earth, and behold, it was i without form and void;
j and to the heavens, and they had no light.
 24 I looked on k the mountains, and behold, they were quaking,
and all the hills moved to and fro.
 25 l I looked, and behold, there was no man,
and all the birds of the air had fled.
 26 I looked, and behold, the m fruitful land was a desert,
and all its cities were laid in ruins
before the Lord, before n his fierce anger.

27 For thus says the Lord, "The whole land shall be a desolation; o yet I will not make a full end.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 82:5
    They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
    Isaiah 1:3
    The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 36:3
    The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
    Isaiah 1:16 - 17
    Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil.
    Romans 16:19
    For your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 1:2
    The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 5:30
    They will growl over it on that day, like the growling of the sea. And if one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress; and the light is darkened by its clouds.
  5. Cross References
    Nahum 1:5
    The mountains quake before him; the hills melt; the earth heaves before him, the world and all who dwell in it.
  6. Cross References
    Zephaniah 1:3
    I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, and the rubble with the wicked. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth," declares the Lord.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 107:34
    A fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the evil of its inhabitants.
  8. Cross References
    Jeremiah 4:8
    For this put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned back from us.
  9. Cross References
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    Jeremiah 46:28
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    Nehemiah 9:31
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    Ezekiel 11:13
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