21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me: they are foolish children, and have none understanding: [a]they are wise to do evil, but to do well they have no knowledge.

23 I have looked upon the earth, and lo, it was without form and [b]void: and to the heavens, and they had no light.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:22 Their wisdom and policy tend to their own destruction and pulleth them from God.
  2. Jeremiah 4:23 By these manner of speeches he showeth the horrible destruction that should come upon the land, and also condemneth the obstinacy of the people, who repent not at the fear of these terrible tidings, seeing that the insensible creatures are moved therewith, as if the order of nature should be changed, Isa. 13:10 and 24:23; Ezek. 32:7; Joel 2:31 and 3:15.

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