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The Lord’s Complaint about His People

22 “For my people are foolish,
    they don’t know me.
They’re stupid children,
    they have no understanding.
They’re skilled at doing evil,
    but how to do good, they don’t know.”

A Vision of Chaos

23 I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void,[a]
    at the heavens, and there was no light there.
24 I looked at the mountains; they were quaking,
    and all the hills moved back and forth.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:23 Cf. Gen 1:2

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.

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