Jeremiah 4:22–25

22 “My people are fools;

they do not know me.

They are senseless children;

they have no understanding.

They are skilled in doing evil;

they know not how to do good.”

23 I looked at the earth,

and it was formless and empty;

and at the heavens,

and their light was gone.

24 I looked at the mountains,

and they were quaking;

all the hills were swaying.

25 I looked, and there were no people;

every bird in the sky had flown away.

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.

22 “My people are foolish

and do not know me,” says the Lord.

“They are stupid children

who have no understanding.

They are clever enough at doing wrong,

but they have no idea how to do right!”

23 I looked at the earth, and it was empty and formless.

I looked at the heavens, and there was no light.

24 I looked at the mountains and hills,

and they trembled and shook.

25 I looked, and all the people were gone.

All the birds of the sky had flown away.

22 “For My people are foolish,

They have not known Me.

They are silly children,

And they have no understanding.

They are wise to do evil,

But to do good they have no knowledge.”

23 I beheld the earth, and indeed it was without form, and void;

And the heavens, they had no light.

24 I beheld the mountains, and indeed they trembled,

And all the hills moved back and forth.

25 I beheld, and indeed there was no man,

And all the birds of the heavens had fled.

22 The Lord says, “My people are foolish.

They do not know me.

They are stupid children;

they don’t understand.

They are skillful at doing evil,

but they don’t know how to do good.”

23 I looked at the earth,

and it was empty and had no shape.

I looked at the sky,

and its light was gone.

24 I looked at the mountains,

and they were shaking.

All the hills were trembling.

25 I looked, and there were no people.

Every bird in the sky had flown away.

22 For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. 24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro. 25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. 23 I beheld the earth, and lo, it was waste and empty; and the heavens, and they had no light. 24 I beheld the mountains, and lo, they trembled, and all the hills shook violently. 25 I beheld, and lo, man was not, and all the fowl of the heavens were fled.

22 “My people are fools. They don’t know me. 

They are stupid people. They don’t understand. 

They are experts in doing wrong, 

and they don’t know how to do good.” 

23 I see the earth. It’s formless and empty. 

I see the sky. Its lights are gone. 

24 I see the mountains. They are shaking, 

and the hills are swaying. 

25 I see that there are no people, 

and every bird has flown away. 

22 “For My people are fools;

they do not know Me.

They are foolish children,

without understanding.

They are skilled in doing what is evil,

but they do not know how to do what is good.”

23 I looked at the earth,

and it was formless and empty.

I looked to the heavens,

and their light was gone.

24 I looked at the mountains,

and they were quaking;

all the hills shook.

25 I looked, and no man was left;

all the birds of the sky had fled.

22 “For my people are foolish;

they do not know me;

they are stupid children;

they have no understanding.

They are skilled in doing evil

but do not know how to do good.”

23 I looked on the earth, and it was complete chaos,

and to the heavens, and they had no light.

24 I looked on the mountains, and they were quaking,

and all the hills moved to and fro.

25 I looked, and there was no one at all,

and all the birds of the air had fled.

22 “For my people are foolish,

they have not known me.

They are foolish children,

and they do not have insight.

They are skillful at doing evil,

and they do not know how to do good.”

23 I looked at the earth, and behold, it was wasteland and emptiness,

and to the heavens, and they were without their light.

24 I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking,

and all of the hills were jolted to and fro.

25 I looked and behold, there was no person,

and all of the birds of the sky had fled.

22 The Lord says, “My people are foolish.

They do not know me.

They are children who do not have any sense.

They have no understanding at all.

They are skilled in doing what is evil.

They do not know how to do what is good.”

23 I looked at the earth.

It didn’t have any shape. And it was empty.

I looked at the sky.

Its light was gone.

24 I looked at the mountains.

They were shaking.

All of the hills were swaying.

25 I looked. And there weren’t any people.

Every bird in the sky had flown away.

22 “For My people are foolish,

They know Me not;

They are stupid children

And have no understanding.

They are shrewd to do evil,

But to do good they do not know.”

23 I looked on the earth, and behold, it was formless and void;

And to the heavens, and they had no light.

24 I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking,

And all the hills moved to and fro.

25 I looked, and behold, there was no man,

And all the birds of the heavens had fled.