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Atomic Bible
Jeremiah 4:22
“For My people are fools;
from Lamentation for Judah, Jeremiah 4:19-31
What it says

The LORD says His people are foolish and senseless, wise only in doing evil and ignorant of doing good.

What it is doing

This verse explains the ruin in terms of moral folly.

In context

19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! 20Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, 21How long must I see the signal flag 22“For My people are fools; 23I looked at the earth, 24I looked at the mountains, 25I looked, and no man was left; 26I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. 27For this is what the LORD says: 28Therefore the earth will mourn 29Every city flees 30And you, O devastated one, what will you do, 31For I hear a cry like a woman in labor,