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21 Hear, O foolish people, and without understanding: who have eyes, and see not: and ears, and hear not.

22 Will not you then fear me, saith the Lord: and will you not repent at my presence? I have set the sand a bound for the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it shall not pass over: and the waves thereof shall toss themselves, and shall not prevail: they shall swell, and shall not pass over it.

23 But the heart of this people is become hard of belief and provoking, they are revolted and gone away.

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21 Hear this, you foolish and senseless people,(A)
    who have eyes(B) but do not see,
    who have ears but do not hear:(C)
22 Should you not fear(D) me?” declares the Lord.
    “Should you not tremble(E) in my presence?
I made the sand a boundary for the sea,(F)
    an everlasting barrier it cannot cross.
The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail;
    they may roar,(G) but they cannot cross it.
23 But these people have stubborn and rebellious(H) hearts;
    they have turned aside(I) and gone away.

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