Jeremiah 5:21

Hear this, I pray you ye people—foolish and without heart,—Eyes, have they, and see not, Ears, have they, and hear not!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20Tell ye this, throughout the house of Jacob,—And let it be heard throughout Judah saying:

22Even for me, will ye have no reverence? Enquireth Yahweh, And because of me, will ye not be pained? In that though I placed the sand as a bound to the sea, A decree age-abiding, and it should not pass beyond it,—When they would toss themselves Then should they not prevail, When the waves thereof would roar Then should they not pass beyond it,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:3the great provings which thine own eyes saw,—those great signs and wonders:

Deuteronomy 32:6Is it Yahweh, ye thus requite, O impious people and unwise? Is not, he, thy father who begat thee? He, that made thee and established thee?

Proverbs 17:16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a dullard? that he who is without sense, may acquire wisdom.

Isaiah 27:11When the cut-off boughs thereof are dry, they shall be broken to pieces, Women, coming, are kindling it! For it is not a people of understanding, For this cause, Will he that made him, not have compassion upon him, And, he that formed him, will shew him no favour.

Jeremiah 4:22Surely, perverse, is my people Me, have they not known, Foolish sons, they are, Yea without understanding, they are: Wise, they are to commit wickedness, But how to do well, they know not!

Jeremiah 7:13Now, therefore—Because ye have done all these deeds Declareth Yahweh,—And though I spake unto you betimes speaking, Yet ye hearkened not, And though I cried unto you Yet ye answered not,

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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