Jeremiah 5:22
Do you not fear me?' says the Lord 'Won't you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can't pass it? And though its waves toss themselves, yet they can't prevail; though they roar, yet they can't pass over it.'
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
23"But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:58If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful name, The Lord your God;
Job 26:10He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters,and to the confines of light and darkness.
Job 38:10marked out for it my bound,set bars and doors,
Psalms 33:7He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap.He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
Psalms 99:1The Lord reigns! Let the peoples tremble.He sits enthroned among the cherubim.Let the earth be moved.
Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles for fear of you.I am afraid of your judgments.AYIN
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 →