Jeremiah 4:21-23

Good News Translation

²¹How long must I see the battle raging
    and hear the blasts of trumpets?
²²The Lord says, “My people are stupid;
    they don't know me.
They are like foolish children;
    they have no understanding.
They are experts at doing what is evil,
    but failures at doing what is good.”

Jeremiah's Vision of the Coming Destruction

²³I looked at the earth—it was a barren waste;
at the sky—there was no light.

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Jeremiah 4:21-23

New International Version

²¹How long must I see the battle standard^(A)
and hear the sound of the trumpet?^(B)

²²“My people are fools;^(C)
    they do not know me.^(D)
They are senseless children;
    they have no understanding.^(E)
They are skilled in doing evil;^(F)
    they know not how to do good.”^(G)

²³I looked at the earth,
and it was formless and empty;^(H)
and at the heavens,
and their light^(I) was gone.

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Jeremiah 4:21-23

King James Version

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

²²For 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.

²³I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

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Jeremiah 4:21-23

New King James Version

²¹How long will I see the ^[a]standard,
And hear the sound of the trumpet?

²²“For My people are foolish,
They have not known Me.
They are ^[b]silly children,
And they have no understanding.
^(A)They are wise to do evil,
But to do good they have no knowledge.”