Jeremiah 5:22
Do ye not fear me? says LORD. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? And though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet they cannot prevai
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
23But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart. They have revolted and gone.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:58If thou will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou may fear this glorious and fearful name, LORD thy GOD,
Job 26:10He has described a boundary upon the face of the waters, to the confines of light and darkness.
Job 38:10and marked out for it my bound, and set bars and doors,
Psalms 33:7He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in store-houses.
Psalms 99:1LORD reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits [above] the cherubim, let the earth be moved.
Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles for fear of thee, and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 5:21-25
Expostulation with Israel. ( b. c. 608.) 20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying, 21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: 22 Fear ye not me? saith the Lord : will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass… Read the whole commentary →