Jeremiah 5:21
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not:
Webster Bible
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20Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:3The great temptations which thy eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
Deuteronomy 32:6Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
Proverbs 17:16Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it ?
Isaiah 27:11When its boughs are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.
Jeremiah 4:22For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jeremiah 7:13And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spoke to you, rising early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but 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 →