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Jeremiah 5:21

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

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In The King James Version

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

In Context

20Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

22fear 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 over it?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:3the great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:

Deuteronomy 32:6Do ye thus requite the Lord, 1 O foolish people and unwise? 1 Is not he thy Father that hath bought thee? 1 Hath he not made thee, and established thee? 1

Proverbs 17:16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool 1 To get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? 1

Isaiah 27:11When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: 1 The women come, and set them on fire: 1 For it is a people of no understanding: 1 Therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, 1 And he that formed them will shew them no favour. 1

Jeremiah 4:22For my people is foolish, they have not known me; 1 They are sottish children, and they have none understanding: 1 They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. 1

Jeremiah 7:13And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; 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 →

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