Jeremiah 5:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

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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Referenced Verses

Jer 8:7 : 7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
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 will also forget thy children.
Matt 11:5 : 5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Isa 27:11 : 11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
Isa 28:9-9 : 9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. 12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Jer 4:22 : 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.
Jer 7:8 : 8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
John 7:48-49 : 48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? 49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.

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