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Jeremiah 5:22

American Standard Version

Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.

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Jeremiah 5:22 in other translations

Don’t you fear me?’ says Yahweh ‘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.’

Jeremiah 5:22 · World English Bible

Jeremiah 5:22 in context

  1. 20Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
  2. 21Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:
  3. 22Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.
  4. 23But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
  5. 24Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; that preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.