Jeremiah 5:22
Fear ye not Me? saith the LORD; Will ye not tremble at My presence? Who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it cannot pass; and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
23But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted, and gone.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:58If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and awful Name, the LORD thy God;
Job 26:10He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.
Job 38:10And prescribed for it My decree, 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 99:1The LORD reigneth; let the peoples tremble; He is enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake.
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 →