Jeremiah 4:22-28
New International Version
22 “My people are fools;(A)
they do not know me.(B)
They are senseless children;
they have no understanding.(C)
They are skilled in doing evil;(D)
they know not how to do good.”(E)
23 I looked at the earth,
and it was formless and empty;(F)
and at the heavens,
and their light(G) was gone.
24 I looked at the mountains,
and they were quaking;(H)
all the hills were swaying.
25 I looked, and there were no people;
every bird in the sky had flown away.(I)
26 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert;(J)
all its towns lay in ruins(K)
before the Lord, before his fierce anger.(L)
27 This is what the Lord says:
Jeremiah 4:22-28
King James Version
22 For 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.
23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.
27 For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
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