Jeremiah 4:22
ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ, “ਮੇਰੇ ਲੋਕ ਮੂਰਖ ਨੇ। ਉਹ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਨਹੀਂ ਜਾਣਦੇ। ਉਹ ਮੂਰਖ ਬੱਚੇ ਹਨ। ਉਹ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਮਝਦੇ। ਉਹ ਬਦੀ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਾਹਰ ਹਨ, ਪਰ ਉਹ ਨੇਕੀ ਕਰਨੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਜਾਣਦੇ।”
| For | כִּ֣י׀ | kî | kee |
| my people | אֱוִ֣יל | ʾĕwîl | ay-VEEL |
| is foolish, | עַמִּ֗י | ʿammî | ah-MEE |
| they have not | אוֹתִי֙ | ʾôtiy | oh-TEE |
| known | לֹ֣א | lōʾ | loh |
| me; they | יָדָ֔עוּ | yādāʿû | ya-DA-oo |
| are sottish | בָּנִ֤ים | bānîm | ba-NEEM |
| children, | סְכָלִים֙ | sĕkālîm | seh-ha-LEEM |
| and they | הֵ֔מָּה | hēmmâ | HAY-ma |
| none have | וְלֹ֥א | wĕlōʾ | veh-LOH |
| understanding: | נְבוֹנִ֖ים | nĕbônîm | neh-voh-NEEM |
| they | הֵ֑מָּה | hēmmâ | HAY-ma |
| are wise | חֲכָמִ֥ים | ḥăkāmîm | huh-ha-MEEM |
| evil, do to | הֵ֙מָּה֙ | hēmmāh | HAY-MA |
| good do to but | לְהָרַ֔ע | lĕhāraʿ | leh-ha-RA |
| they have no | וּלְהֵיטִ֖יב | ûlĕhêṭîb | oo-leh-hay-TEEV |
| knowledge. | לֹ֥א | lōʾ | loh |
| יָדָֽעוּ׃ | yādāʿû | ya-da-OO |