Jeremiah 5:23

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

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

In Context

22Will 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.

24Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, Who giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in its season, And secureth to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

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Cross References

Psalms 95:10Forty years was I offended with that generation: And I said, 'They are a people of a perverse heart, And who have no regard to my ways.'

Isaiah 31:6Turn, O ye children of Israel, To him from whom ye have so deeply revolted! For in that day shall every one cast away his idols of

Jeremiah 6:28They are all stubborn revolters, Slanderers are they, brass and iron; They are all corrupt.

Hosea 4:8They feed upon the sins of my people, And incline their hearts to their iniquity.

Hebrews 3:12Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

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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