Jeremías 5:4

4 Entonces yo dije: Ciertamente estos sólo son gente ignorante, son necios, porque no conocen el camino del SEÑOR ni las ordenanzas de su Dios.

Jeremías 5:4 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 5:4

Then I said, surely these are poor, they are foolish
The prophet, observing that reproofs and corrections in providence had no effect upon the people, he thought within himself that surely the reason must be, because these people are poor, and in low circumstances in the world, and are so busy in their worldly employments to get bread for their families, that they were not at leisure to attend unto divine things; nor of capacity to receive instruction and correction by providences; therefore it is they were so foolish, stupid, and infatuated: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God;
either the way which God takes in the salvation of the sons of men, and in justifying of them, which is revealed in his word; or that which he prescribes them to walk in, in his law, even the way of truth and righteousness, and for failure of which he judges and condemns them; but of these things they were ignorant; see ( John 7:48 John 7:49 ) , not that this is observed in excuse for them, but in order to introduce what follows; and to show that this depravity, stupidity, and ignorance, obtained among all sort of people, high and low, rich and poor.

Jeremías 5:4 In-Context

2 Pues aunque digan: "Vive el SEÑOR", de cierto juran falsamente.

3 Oh, SEÑOR, ¿no buscan tus ojos la verdad? Tú los heriste, mas no les dolió; tú los consumiste, mas ellos rehusaron recibir corrección. Endurecieron sus rostros más que la roca, rehusaron arrepentirse.

4 Entonces yo dije: Ciertamente estos sólo son gente ignorante, son necios, porque no conocen el camino del SEÑOR ni las ordenanzas de su Dios.

5 Me dirigiré a los grandes y les hablaré, porque ellos sí conocen el camino del SEÑOR y las ordenanzas de su Dios. Pero también todos ellos a una habían quebrado el yugo y roto las coyundas.

6 Por tanto los herirá el león de la selva, el lobo de los desiertos los destruirá; un leopardo acecha sus ciudades, y todo el que salga de ellas será despedazado, porque son muchas sus transgresiones, y numerosas sus apostasías.