4:1 Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites!
For the Lord has a covenant lawsuit
For there is neither faithfulness nor loyalty in the land,
nor do they acknowledge God.
4:5 You stumble day and night,
and the false prophets stumble with you;
You have destroyed your own people!
4:6 You have destroyed
by failing to acknowledge me!
Because you refuse to acknowledge me,
I will reject you as my priests.
Because you reject
I will reject
14:9 Who is wise?
Let him discern
Who is discerning?
Let him understand them!
For the ways of the Lord are right;
the godly walk in them,
but in them the rebellious stumble.
28:5 Evil people
but those who seek the Lord
44:18 They do not comprehend or understand,
for their eyes are blind and cannot see;
their minds do not discern.
44:19 No one thinks to himself,
nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves:
‘I burned half of it in the fire –
yes, I baked bread over the coals;
I roasted meat and ate it.
With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol?
Should I bow down to dry wood?’
44:20 He feeds on ashes;
his deceived mind misleads him.
He cannot rescue himself,
nor does he say, ‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’
56:11 The dogs have big appetites;
they are never full.
They are shepherds who have no understanding;
they all go their own way,
each one looking for monetary gain.
3:11 there is no one who understands,
there is no one who seeks God.