Jeremiah 5:20-25
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
20 Declare this in the house of Jacob;
proclaim it in Judah:
21 Hear this, O foolish and senseless people,
who have eyes but do not see,
who have ears but do not hear.(A)
22 Do you not fear me? says the Lord;
Do you not tremble before me?
I placed the sand as a boundary for the sea,
a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass;
though the waves toss, they cannot prevail;
though they roar, they cannot pass over it.(B)
23 But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart;
they have turned aside and gone away.(C)
24 They do not say in their hearts,
“Let us fear the Lord our God,
who gives the rain in its season,
the autumn rain and the spring rain,
and keeps for us
the weeks appointed for the harvest.”(D)
25 Your iniquities have turned these away,
and your sins have deprived you of good.(E)
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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