Jeremiah 5:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַאֲנִ֣י אָמַ֔רְתִּי אַךְ־דַּלִּ֖ים הֵ֑ם נוֹאֲל֕וּ כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָדְעוּ֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יְהוָ֔ה מִשְׁפַּ֖ט אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And 'ănî 'āmartî, surely-dallîm they are; they nô'ălû because not they yādə'û derek YHWH, mišpaṭ their 'ĕlōhîm.

Grammar Details

*wa*: conjunction - and
*'ănî*: pronoun, 1st singular - I
*'āmartî*: perfect, 1st singular - I said
*'ak*: adverb - surely/only/indeed
*dallîm*: adjective, masculine plural - poor/low/weak
*hēm*: pronoun, 3rd masculine plural - they
*nô'ălû*: perfect, 3rd plural, niphal - they became foolish
*kî*: conjunction - because/for
*lō'*: negative particle - not
*yādə'û*: perfect, 3rd plural - they knew
*derek*: noun, masculine singular construct - way/road/manner
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh
*mišpaṭ*: noun, masculine singular construct - judgment/justice
*'ĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their God

Word Meanings

*dallîm*: poor/weak/insignificant/low
*nô'ălû*: they became foolish/were senseless/acted foolishly
*derek*: way/road/path/manner/conduct
*mišpaṭ*: judgment/justice/ordinance/custom

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 8:7 : 7 Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of Jehovah.
Hos 4:6 : 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
Matt 11:5 : 5 the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good tidings preached to them.
Isa 27:11 : 11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.
Isa 28:9-9 : 9 Whom will he teach knowledge? and whom will he make to understand the message? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts? 10 For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little. 11 Nay, but by [men of] strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people; 12 to whom he said, This is the rest, give ye rest to him that is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 13 Therefore shall the word of Jehovah be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Jer 4:22 : 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.
Jer 7:8 : 8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
John 7:48-49 : 48 Hath any of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees? 49 But this multitude that knoweth not the law are accursed.

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