Jeremiah 5:20-25

GOD’S WORD Translation

²⁰ “Tell this to the descendants of Jacob, and make this heard in Judah:
²¹ Hear this, you stupid and senseless people!
You have eyes, but you cannot see.
You have ears, but you cannot hear.
²² Don’t you fear me?” asks the Lord.
“Don’t you tremble in my presence?
I made the sand a boundary for the sea,
a permanent barrier that it cannot cross.
Although the waves toss continuously, they can’t break through.
Although they roar, they can’t cross it.
²³ But these people are stubborn and rebellious.
They have turned aside and wandered away from me.
²⁴ They don’t say to themselves,
‘We should fear the Lord our God.
He sends rain at the right time,
the autumn rain and the spring rain.
He makes sure that we have harvest seasons.’
²⁵ Your wickedness has turned these things away.
Your sins have kept good things away from you.