Jeremiah · Jeremiah 5
Don’t you fear me?’ says the LORD; ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it can’t pass it? Though its waves toss themselves, yet they can’t prevail. Though they roar, they still can’t pass over it.’
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The verses immediately either side, within Jeremiah 5.
Before
21‘Hear this now, foolish people without understanding, who have eyes, and don’t see, who have ears, and don’t hear:
Jeremiah 5:22
Don’t you fear me?’ says the LORD; ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it can’t pass it? Though its waves toss themselves, yet they can’t prevail. Though they roar, they still can’t pass over it.’
After
23“But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart. They have revolted and gone.
This verse does not yet have an editorial note of its own. The chapter it belongs to is the best place to read it: Jeremiah 5.