Jeremiah 5:4 meaning and explanation

Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

Jeremiah 5:4, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah has just been told to search Jerusalem for even one person who acts justly (verse 1). In verse 4 he turns to the poor, reasoning that they have played the fool because they do not know the way of the LORD.

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