Jeremiah 5:20-25
New King James Version
20 “Declare this in the house of Jacob
And proclaim it in Judah, saying,
21 ‘Hear this now, O (A)foolish people,
Without [a]understanding,
Who have eyes and see not,
And who have ears and hear not:
22 (B)Do you not fear Me?’ says the Lord.
‘Will you not tremble at My presence,
Who have placed the sand as the (C)bound of the sea,
By a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass beyond it?
And though its waves toss to and fro,
Yet they cannot prevail;
Though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it.
23 But this people has a defiant and rebellious heart;
They have revolted and departed.
24 They do not say in their heart,
“Let us now fear the Lord our God,
(D)Who gives rain, both the (E)former and the latter, in its season.
(F)He reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.”
25 (G)Your iniquities have turned these things away,
And your sins have withheld good from you.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 5:21 Lit. heart
Jeremiah 5:20-25
Lexham English Bible
20 “Declare this in the house of Jacob,
and proclaim it in Judah, saying,
21 ‘Hear this please, O foolish and senseless[a] people,
who have eyes[b] but do not see,
who have ears[c] but do not hear.’
22 Do you not revere me?” declares[d] Yahweh,
“Do you not tremble before me?[e]
For I have placed the sand as a boundary for the sea,
as an everlasting limit,[f] and it cannot pass over it,
and they rise and fall loudly, but they cannot prevail,
and its waves roar, but they cannot pass over it.
23 But for this people is a stubborn and rebellious heart,
they have turned aside and have gone away.
24 And they do not say in their hearts,
‘Let us fear please Yahweh our God,
the one who gives the autumn rain[g] and the spring rain[h] in its season,
the set times of the harvest[i] he keeps for us.’
25 Your iniquities have disturbed these,
and your sins have kept away the good from you.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 5:21 Literally “without heart”
- Jeremiah 5:21 Literally “eyes for them”
- Jeremiah 5:21 Literally “ears for them”
- Jeremiah 5:22 Literally “a declaration of”
- Jeremiah 5:22 Literally “from the face of me”
- Jeremiah 5:22 Literally “a limit of eternity”
- Jeremiah 5:24 Hebrew “early rain”
- Jeremiah 5:24 Hebrew “late rain”
- Jeremiah 5:24 Literally “weeks due harvest”
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