Jeremiah 5:22

will you⌃ not be afraid of me? says the Lord; and will you⌃ 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: yes, it shall rage, but not prevail; and its waves shall roar, but not pass over it.

LXX2012 (US English)

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 you⌃ now these things, O foolish and senseless people; who have eyes, and see not; and have ears, and hear not:

23But this people has a disobedient and rebellious heart; and they have turned aside and gone back:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:58If you will not listen to do all the words of this law, which have been written in this book, to fear this glorious and wonderful name, the Lord your God;

Job 26:10He has encompassed the face of the water by an appointed ordinance, until the end of light and darkness.

Job 38:10And I set bounds to it, surrounding it with bars and gates.

Psalms 33:7The angel of the Lord will encamp round about them that fear him, and will deliver them. 1

Psalms 99:1Make 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 →

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