Jeremiah 5:21

'Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding; 1 who have eyes but you cannot see, and you have ears but you cannot hear. 1

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Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

In Context

20Report this to the house of Jacob and let it be heard in Judah. Say, 1

22Do you not fear me—this is Yahweh's declaration—or tremble before my face? 1 I have placed a border of sand against the sea, an ongoing decree that it does not violate— 1 even though the sea rises and falls, still it does not violate it. Even though its waves roar, they do not cross it. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:3the great sufferings that your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders.

Deuteronomy 32:6Do you reward Yahweh in this way, 1 you foolish and senseless people? 1 Is he not your father, the one who has created you? 1 He made you and established you. 1

Proverbs 17:16Why should a fool pay money to learn about wisdom, 1 when he has no ability to learn it? 1

Isaiah 27:11When the boughs are withered, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them, 1 for this is not a people of understanding. 1 Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them, and he who made them will not be merciful to them. 1

Jeremiah 4:22For the foolishness of my people—they do not know me. They are idiotic people and they have no understanding. They have skill at evil, but do not know to do good.

Jeremiah 7:13So now, on account of your doing all of these practices—this is Yahweh's declaration—I spoke to you time and time again, but you did not listen. I summoned you, but you did not answer.

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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