Jeremiah 5:22

Jeremiah 5:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which 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?
• New International Version (NIV)Should you not fear me?” declares the Lord. “Should you not tremble in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting barrier it cannot cross. The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail; they may roar, but they cannot cross it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do you not fear me? declares the Lord. Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do you not fear Me?’ says the Lord. ‘Will you not tremble at My presence, Who have placed the sand as the 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.

Context of Jeremiah 5:22

20“Proclaim this message among the descendants of Jacob. Make it known throughout Judah. 21Tell them: ‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive: “You should fear me!” says the Lord. “You should tremble in awe before me! I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it can never cross. Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail. They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary.” 23But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone their own way. 24They do not say to themselves, “Let us revere the Lord our God. It is he who gives us the autumn rains and the spring rains at the proper time. It is he who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.”

Jeremiah 5:22 word by word

הַאוֹתִ֨י לֹא־תִירָ֜אוּ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֗ה אִ֤ם מִפָּנַי֙ לֹ֣א תָחִ֔ילוּ אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֤מְתִּי חוֹל֙ גְּב֣וּל לַיָּ֔ם חָק־עוֹלָ֖ם וְלֹ֣א יַעַבְרֶ֑נְהוּ וַיִּֽתְגָּעֲשׁוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יוּכָ֔לוּ וְהָמ֥וּ גַלָּ֖יו וְלֹ֥א יַעַבְרֻֽנְהוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Fearיָרֵאyârê' · to fear: revereH3372
• ye not me? saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• will ye not trembleחוּלchûl chîyl · to twist: trembleH2342
• at my presenceפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• which have placedשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• the sandחוֹלchôl · sandH2344
• the boundגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• of the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• by a perpetualעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• decreeחֹקchôq · statute: allotmentH2706
• that it cannot passעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• it: and though the wavesגַּלgal · heap: waveH1530
• thereof tossגָּעַשׁgâ‛ash · to shakeH1607
• themselves, yet can they not prevailיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
• though they roarהָמָהhâmâh · to roarH1993

Cross-references for Jeremiah 5:22

• Jeremiah 10:7Everyone should revere you, O King of all nations, because you deserve to be revered. For there is no one like you among any of the wise people of the nations nor among any of their kings.
• Deuteronomy 28:58“If you refuse to obey all the words of this law, the things written in this scroll, and refuse to fear this glorious and awesome name, the Lord your God,
• Psalms 119:120My body trembles because I fear you; I am afraid of your judgments. ע (Ayin)
• Matthew 10:28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
• Luke 12:5But I will warn you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!
• Revelation 15:4Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name, because you alone are holy? All nations will come and worship before you for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
• Psalms 99:1The Lord reigns! The nations tremble. He sits enthroned above the winged angels; the earth shakes.
• Isaiah 66:5Hear the word of the Lord, you who respect what he has to say! Your countrymen, who hate you and exclude you, supposedly for the sake of my name, say, “May the Lord be glorified, then we will witness your joy.” But they will be put to shame.
• Daniel 6:26I have issued an edict that throughout all the dominion of my kingdom people are to revere and fear the God of Daniel. “For he is the living God; he endures forever. His kingdom will not be destroyed; his authority is forever.
• Job 26:10He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness.
• Job 38:10when I prescribed its limits, and set in place its bolts and doors,
• Psalms 33:7He piles up the water of the sea; he puts the oceans in storehouses.
• Psalms 93:3The waves roar, O Lord, the waves roar, the waves roar and crash.
• Psalms 104:9You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross, so that they would not cover the earth again.
• Proverbs 8:29when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
• Isaiah 50:2Why does no one challenge me when I come? Why does no one respond when I call? Is my hand too weak to deliver you? Do I lack the power to rescue you? Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea; I can turn streams into a desert, so the fish rot away and die from lack of water.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 5:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea - What can I not do, who confine the sea, that enormous mass of waters, and prevent it from overflowing the earth; not by immense mountains and rocks, but by the sand, no particle of which is in cohesion with another? The most tremendous waves cannot displace nor pass over this simple barrier.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20-31Verses 20-31 Against the God (1) of Creation Jeremiah 5:22, and (2) of Providence Jeremiah 5:24, They sin, not merely by apostasy, but by a general immorality extending to all classes Jeremiah 5:25-28. It is in this immorality that their idolatry has its root. Jeremiah 5:22 The sea is the symbol of restless and indomitable energy, chafing against all resistance, and dashing to pieces the works whereby man endeavors to restrain its fury. Yet God has…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-31Verses 19-31 Unhumbled hearts are ready to charge God with being unjust in their afflictions. But they may read their sin in their punishment. If men will inquire wherefore the Lord doeth hard things unto them, let them think of their sins. The restless waves obeyed the Divine decree, that they should not pass the sandy shores, which were as much a restraint as lofty mountains; but they burst all restraints of God's law, and were wholly gone into…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22People should respect the Lord for his power and fear the idea of him using it against them. If the powerful sea cannot cross the boundaries the Lord set, then the rebellion of small Jerusalem will surely fail.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. sand--Though made up of particles easily shifting about, I render it sufficient to curb the violence of the sea. Such is your monstrous perversity, that the raging, senseless sea sooner obeys Me, than ye do who profess to be intelligent [Calvin], (Job 26:10; 38:10, 11; Pr 8:29; Re 15:4).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 5:22

• Backsliders
• Fear of God
• God
• Impenitence
• Power

In the dictionaries

• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Correction
• Deceit
• Exodus, the Book of
• Jeremiah (2)
• Omnipotence
• Perpetual; Perpetually; Perpetuity
• tremble, stagger, shake, shaken, quake

Commentaries on Jeremiah 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings