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Jeremiah 5:4–5

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5:4I thought, “Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way.14

They act like fools because they do not know what the Lord demands.15

They do not know what their God requires of them.16

5:5I will go to the leaders17

and speak with them.

Surely they know what the Lord demands.18

Surely they know what their God requires of them.”19

Yet all of them, too, have rejected his authority

and refuse to submit to him.20

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Footnotes

  1. 14 Heb “Surely they are poor.” The translation is intended to make clear the explicit contrasts and qualifications drawn in this verse and the next.
  2. 15 Heb “the way of the Lord.”
  3. 16 Heb “the judgment [or ordinance] of their God.”
  4. 17 Or “people in power”; Heb “the great ones.”
  5. 18 Heb “the way of the Lord.”
  6. 19 Heb “the judgment [or ordinance] of their God.”
  7. 20 Heb “have broken the yoke and torn off the yoke ropes.” Compare Jer 2:20 and the note there.

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then I said, “These are only the poor;

they have no sense;

for they do not know the way of the Lord,

the justice of their God.

I will go to the great

and will speak to them,

for they know the way of the Lord,

the justice of their God.”

But they all alike had broken the yoke;

they had burst the bonds.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I thought, “These are only the poor;

they are foolish,

for they do not know the way of the Lord,

the requirements of their God.

So I will go to the leaders

and speak to them;

surely they know the way of the Lord,

the requirements of their God.”

But with one accord they too had broken off the yoke

and torn off the bonds.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then I thought:

They are just the poor;

they have been foolish.

For they don’t understand the way of the Lord,

the justice of their God.

I will go to the powerful

and speak to them.

Surely they know the way of the Lord,

the justice of their God.

However, these also had broken the yoke

and torn off the chains.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

Then I said, “But what can we expect from the poor?

They are ignorant.

They don’t know the ways of the Lord.

They don’t understand God’s laws.

So I will go and speak to their leaders.

Surely they know the ways of the Lord

and understand God’s laws.”

But the leaders, too, as one man,

had thrown off God’s yoke

and broken his chains.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then I said, “They are just simple people,

they are foolish,

for they know not the way of Yahweh,

the law of their God.

Let me go to the great,

and let me speak with them,

for they know the way of Yahweh,

the law of their God.”

However, they together have broken the yoke,

they have torn to pieces the bonds.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God. I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

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