Quotes about People
“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
— Jeremiah 4:22
But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away.
— Jeremiah 5:23
For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
— Jeremiah 5:26
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
— Jeremiah 5:31
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish.”
— Jeremiah 6:21
“Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD and proclaim this message: Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the LORD.
— Jeremiah 7:2
but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.
— Jeremiah 7:23
Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
— Jeremiah 8:5
For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.
— Jeremiah 8:21
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
— Jeremiah 8:22
If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.
— Jeremiah 9:2
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?
— Jeremiah 9:7