Jeremiah 4:21-23

Good News Translation

²¹ How long must I see the battle raging
    and hear the blasts of trumpets?
²² The Lord says, “My people are stupid;
    they don't know me.
They are like foolish children;
    they have no understanding.
They are experts at doing what is evil,
    but failures at doing what is good.”

²³ I looked at the earth—it was a barren waste;
    at the sky—there was no light.