Jeremías 5:4

4 Pero yo dije: Por cierto ellos son pobres, han enloquecido, pues no conocen el camino del SEÑOR ni el juicio 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 Y si dijeren: Vive el SEÑOR; por tanto jurarán mentira

3 Oh SEÑOR, ¿Por ventura no miran tus ojos a la verdad? Los azotaste, y no les dolió; los consumiste, y no quisieron recibir castigo; endurecieron sus rostros más que la piedra, no quisieron tornarse

4 Pero yo dije: Por cierto ellos son pobres, han enloquecido, pues no conocen el camino del SEÑOR ni el juicio de su Dios

5 Iré a los grandes, y les hablaré; porque ellos conocieron el camino del SEÑOR, el juicio de su Dios. Ciertamente ellos también quebrantaron el yugo, rompieron las coyundas

6 Por tanto, león del monte los herirá, los destruirá lobo del desierto, tigre acechará sobre sus ciudades; cualquiera que de ellas saliere, será arrebatado, porque sus rebeliones se han multiplicado, se han aumentado sus deslealtades