Jeremiah 5:21
‘Hear this now, foolish people without understanding, who have eyes, and don’t see, who have ears, and don’t hear:
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20“Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:3the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders.
Deuteronomy 32:6Is this the way you repay the LORD, foolish and unwise people? Isn’t he your father who has bought you? He has made you and established you.
Proverbs 17:16Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?
Isaiah 27:11When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them, and he who formed them will show them no favour.
Jeremiah 4:22“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skilful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”
Jeremiah 7:13Now, because you have done all these works,” says the LORD, “and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you didn’t hear; and I called you, but you didn’t 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 →