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21 Listen, you foolish and senseless people,
    with eyes that do not see
    and ears that do not hear.
22 Have you no respect for me?
    Why don’t you tremble in my presence?
I, the Lord, define the ocean’s sandy shoreline
    as an everlasting boundary that the waters cannot cross.
The waves may toss and roar,
    but they can never pass the boundaries I set.
23 But my people have stubborn and rebellious hearts.
    They have turned away and abandoned me.

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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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