Yēlìmǐshū 5:4

4 Wǒ shuō , zhèxie rén shízaì shì pínqióng de , shì yúmeì de , yīnwei bù xiǎodé Yēhéhuá de zuòwéi hé tāmen shén de fǎ zé .

Yēlìmǐshū 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.

Yēlìmǐshū 5:4 In-Context

2 Qízhōng de rén suīrán zhǐ zhe yǒngshēng de Yēhéhuá qǐshì , suǒ qǐ de shì shízaì shì jiǎ de .

3 Yēhéhuá a , nǐde yǎnmù bú shì kàn gù chéngshí ma . nǐ jī dá tāmen , tāmen què bù shāng tòng . nǐ huǐmiè tāmen , tāmen réng bù shòu chéng zhì . tāmen shǐ liǎn gāng yìng guòyú pánshí , bù kĕn huí tóu .

4 Wǒ shuō , zhèxie rén shízaì shì pínqióng de , shì yúmeì de , yīnwei bù xiǎodé Yēhéhuá de zuòwéi hé tāmen shén de fǎ zé .

5 Wǒ yào qù jiàn zūn dà de rén , duì tāmen shuōhuà , yīnwei tāmen xiǎodé Yēhéhuá de zuòwéi hé tāmen shén de fǎ zé . nǎ zhī , zhèxie rén qíxīn jiāng è zhé duàn , zhēng kāi shéng suǒ .

6 Yīncǐ , lín zhōng de shīzi bì haì sǐ tāmen . wǎnshang ( huò zuò yĕdì ) de chái láng bì mièjué tāmen . bào zǐ yào zaì chéng waì kuī sì tāmen . fán chū chéng de bì beì sī suì . yīnwei tāmende zuì guo jí duō , bēi dào de shì yĕ jiā zēng le .