Jeremiah 5:22
Will ye not fear me? saith Jehovah. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have set the sand a bound for the sea by a perpetual decree, and it shall not pass it? and its waves toss themselves, but they do not prevail; and they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
23But this people hath a stubborn and a rebellious heart; they have turned aside and are gone.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:58If thou wilt not take heed to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, to fear this glorious and fearful name, JEHOVAH THY GOD;
Job 26:10He hath traced a fixed circle over the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.
Job 38:10When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,
Psalms 33:7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; he layeth up the deeps in storehouses.
Psalms 99:1Jehovah reigneth: let the peoples tremble. He sitteth [between the] cherubim: let the earth be moved.
Psalms 119:120My flesh shuddereth 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 →