“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.”
The people's stupidity: 'My people are fools; they do not know me. They are senseless children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil; they know not how to do good.' This verse attributes the people's destruction to their fundamental ignorance and willful evil: they are 'fools' who do not 'know' God (in the covenantal sense of committed relationship), they are 'senseless children' incapable of understanding God's word, and they are skilled in evil while ignorant of good. The contrast—skilled in evil, ignorant of good—suggests not mere weakness but inversion of values: the people have invested their energy in apostasy while neglecting covenant faithfulness. Theologically, this verse indicates that the coming judgment is appropriate to the people's spiritual condition: they have become incapable of recognizing God or responding to His word.
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