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“Declare this in the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah, saying: 21‘Hear this you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear. Do you not fear Me?’ says Adonai. ‘Do you not tremble in My presence?’ For I made the sand a boundary of the sea, an everlasting decree that cannot be broken. Though the waves roll, they cannot prevail. Though they roar, they cannot cross it. 23But this people have a stubborn and rebellious heart. They have turned aside and gone away. 24They do not say in their heart, ‘Let us now fear Adonai Eloheinu, who gives rain in its season —fall rain and spring rain— who reserves for us the appointed 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 10:7Who should not fear You, Ruler of the nations? For it is your due! For among all the wise of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.
• Deuteronomy 28:58“If you do not take care to do all the words of this Torah, the things written in this scroll, to fear this glorious and awesome Name, Adonai your God,
• Psalms 119:120My flesh shudders for fear of You, and I am in awe of Your judgments.
• Matthew 10:28And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
• Luke 12:5But I will show you whom you should fear. Fear the One who, after the killing, has authority to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear this One!
• Revelation 15:4Who shall not fear and glorify Your name, O Lord? For You alone are Holy. All the nations shall come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed!”
• Psalms 99:1Adonai reigns, let the peoples tremble. He is enthroned upon the cheruvim— let the earth shake!
• Isaiah 66:5Hear the word of Adonai, you who tremble at His word: “Your brothers who hated you, excluding you for My Name’s sake, have said, ‘Let Adonai be glorified, that we may see your joy’— but they will be put to shame.”
• Daniel 6:26Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages dwelling in all the earth: “May your peace be abundant!
• Job 26:10He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters, for a boundary between light and dark.
• Job 38:10when I prescribed my boundary for it, and set bars and gates,
• Psalms 33:7He gathers the waters of the sea together in a heap. He lays up deep waters in storehouses.
• Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, Adonai, the floods have lifted up their voice, the floods lift up their crashing waves.
• Psalms 104:9You set a boundary to the waters that they may not cross over, so they may not return to cover the earth.
• Proverbs 8:29when He set the boundaries for the sea, so that the waters never transgress His command, when He laid out earth’s foundations—
• Isaiah 50:2Why was no one there when I came? Why was there no one to answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, I dry up the sea at My rebuke, I make rivers a wilderness— their fish stink for lack of water and die of thirst.

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