Jeremiah 5:4
So I said, “Surely these are only poor people. They are foolish, for they do not know Yahweh's ways, nor their God's decrees.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- יָאַלyâʼalproperly, to be slack, i.e. (figuratively) to be foolish
- דַּלdalproperly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin
- מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭproperly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentenc
- דֶּרֶךְdereka road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- יָדַעyâdaʻto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figurativel
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of God
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jer 8:7, Hos 4:6, Isa 28:9–13, Mat 11:5, Jer 4:22, Isa 27:11, Jhn 7:48–49, Jer 7:8