Jeremiah 5:20-25

The Voice

²⁰     Declare My truth to the house of Jacob.
        Proclaim it throughout the land of Judah:
²¹     Hear Me you foolish, heartless people.
        Even with eyes and ears you are still blind and deaf to what is happening.
²²     Do you not realize who I am? Do you not fear Me?
        Do you not shake in the presence of the Eternal, the Creator of all things?
    It is I who has drawn for all time the boundaries of the sea.
        The waves may crash and roar against the sand,
    But the waters do not cross the lines I have drawn.
²³     But with stubborn and defiant hearts, this people
        ignored Me and left Me for another.
²⁴     It never occurs to them to say,
        “Let us stand in awe of the Eternal our God,
    For He sends the rain—both the autumn and the spring rain—
        and He brings the harvest at just the right time year after year.”
²⁵     It is your sins that hold back the rain.
        It is your rebellion that keeps good things from happening to you.