Jeremiah 5:22
will ye not be afraid of me? saith the Lord; and will ye not fear before me, who have set the sand for a bound to the sea, as a perpetual ordinance, and it shall not pass it: yea, it shall rage, but not prevail; and its waves shall roar, but not pass over it.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
23But this people has a disobedient and rebellious heart; and they have turned aside and gone back:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:58If thou wilt not hearken to do all the words of this law, which have been written in this book, to fear this glorious and wonderful name, the Lord thy God;
Job 26:10He has encompassed the face of the water by an appointed ordinance, 1 Until the end of light and darkness. 1
Job 38:10And I set bounds to it, 1 Surrounding it with bars and gates. 1
Psalms 33:7This poor man cried, and the Lord hearkened to him, 1 And delivered him out of all his afflictions. 1
Psalms 99:1A Psalm for Thanksgiving. 1 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. 1
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 →