Jeremiah 5:23

"But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone.

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In The King James Version

But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

In Context

22Do 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.'

24Neither do they say in their heart, 'Let us now fear the Lord our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.'

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 21:18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not listen to them;

Psalms 95:10Forty long years I was grieved with that generation,and said, "It is a people that errs in their heart.They have not known my ways."

Isaiah 31:6Return to him from whom you have deeply revolted, children of Israel.

Jeremiah 6:28"They are all grievous rebels, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.

Hosea 4:8They feed on the sin of my people,and set their heart on their iniquity.

Hebrews 3:12Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;

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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