Jeremiah 5:22

Will ye not fear me, saith Jehovah? Will ye not tremble before me, Who appointed the sand a bound to the sea, A perpetual barrier, which it cannot pass? Though the waves thereof toss themselves, Yet do they not prevail, Though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.

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In The King James Version

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 over it?

In Context

21Hear ye now this, O foolish people and without understanding, Who have eyes and see not, Who have ears and hear not!

23But this people hath a revolting and rebellious heart; They revolt continually.

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Cross References

Job 26:10He hath drawn a circular bound upon the waters, To the confines of light and darkness.

Job 38:10When I appointed for it my bound, And fixed for it bars and doors;

Psalms 33:7He gathereth the waters of the sea, as a heap; He layeth up the deep in storehouses.

Psalms 99:1The LORD reigneth, let the nations tremble! He sitteth between the cherubs, let the earth quake!

Psalms 119:120My flesh trembleth through 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 →

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