Jeremiah 5:21
Do now hear this, O sottish people, who have no heart; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
20Announce this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:3(29:2) The great proofs which thy eyes have seen, those great signs, and miracles:
Deuteronomy 32:6Will ye thus requite the Lord, O people, worthless and unwise? is he not thy father who hath bought thee? is it not he who hath made thee, and established thee?
Proverbs 17:16Wherefore is the purchase-money in the hand of a fool to acquire wisdom, seeing he hath no sense?
Isaiah 27:11When its boughs are withered, they shall be broken off; women will come and set them on fire; for it is not a people of understanding; therefore he that made it will not have mercy on it, and he that formed it will show it no favor.
Jeremiah 4:22“Because my people is foolish, me have they not known; sottish children are they, and they have not any understanding: wise are they to do evil, but how to do good they do not know.”
Jeremiah 7:13And now, whereas ye have done all these acts, saith the Lord, and I spoke unto you, causing [the prophets] to rise up early and speaking, while ye would not hear; and I called you, but ye would not answer:
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 →