Jeremiah 5:21

Hear now this, O Am Sakhal (foolish people) without understanding; 1 which have eynayim (eyes), and see not; 1 which have oznayim (ears), and hear not; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 Bais Ya'akov, 1 and publish it in Yehudah, saying: 1

22Fear ye not Me? saith Hashem; 1 will ye not tremble at My Presence 1 Who hath placed the chol (sand) as the boundary of the yam 1 by a chok olam, that it cannot transgress; 1 and though the waves thereof toss, 1 yet they cannot prevail; 1 though they roar, yet can they not pass over it. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:3V'lo natan Hashem lakhem lev lada'at v'einayim lirot v'ozna'im lishmoa ad hayom hazeh (Yet Hashem hath not given you a lev for da'as, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.)

Deuteronomy 32:6Do ye thus repay Hashem, 1 O foolish people without chacham? 1 Is not He Avicha that hath bought thee? 1 Hath He not made thee, and established thee? 1

Proverbs 17:16Why is there the purchase price in the yad of a kesil (fool) to acquire chochmah, 1 seeing he hath no lev for it? 1

Isaiah 27:11When the boughs thereof are dry, 1 they shall be broken off; 1 the nashim come, and set them on fire; 1 for it is a people of no understanding; 1 therefore He that made them will not have compassion on them, 1 and He that formed them will show them no favor.

Jeremiah 4:22For Ami is foolish, 1 they have not known Me; 1 they are stupid banim, 1 and they have no understanding; 1 they are chachamim to do evil, 1 but to do good they have no da'as. 1

Jeremiah 7:13And now, because ye have done all these ma'asim, saith Hashem, and I spoke unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye paid not heed; 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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