Jer 5:4 | NETfull | STEP | I thought, “Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. They act like fools because they do not know what the Lord demands. They do not know what their God requires of them.

Jeremiah 5:4

4 I thought, “Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. ^{▼▼ Heb “Surely they are poor.” The translation is intended to make clear the explicit contrasts and qualifications drawn in this verse and the next.}
They act like fools because they do not know what the Lord demands. ^{▼▼ Heb “the way of the Lord.”}
They do not know what their God requires of them. ^{▼▼ Heb “the judgment [or ordinance] of their God.”}