Jeremiah 5:21
Hear ye now these things, O foolish and senseless people; who have eyes, and see not; and have ears, and hear not:
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
20Proclaim these things to the house of Jacob, and let them be heard in the house of Juda.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:3the great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great wonders.
Deuteronomy 32:6Do ye thus recompense the Lord? is the people thus foolish and unwise? did not he himself thy father purchase thee, and make thee, and form thee?
Proverbs 17:16a He that exalts his own house seeks ruin; and he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischiefs.
Isaiah 27:11And after a time there shall be in it no green thing because of the grass being parched. Come hither, ye women that come + 27:11 See Heb.from a sight; for it is a people of no understanding; therefore he that made them shall have no pity upon them, and he that formed them shall have no mercy upon them.
Jeremiah 4:22For the princes of my people have not known me, they are foolish and unwise children: they are wise to do evil, but how to do good they have not known.
Jeremiah 7:13And now, because ye have done all these deeds, and I spoke to you, but ye hearkened not to me; and I called you, but ye answered not;
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 →