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Jeremiah 5:22

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 5:22

Verse 22 of 31

Scripture focus

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?

Jeremiah 5:22 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 5:22

Theological / Devotional

Fear ye not me? In the Hebrew “me” stands in the emphatic position at the beginning of the sentence.

Sand for the bound. The prophet appeals to God’s infinite power and consummate wisdom as exhibited in nature. The mysteries of the deep, its vast expanse and its rushing waves leaping mountain high, make the sea a fitting symbol of the wild and seemingly irresistible natural forces. Yet, God, in His universal sovereignty, controls the violence of the deep. He binds the ocean within certain limits, declaring, “Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further and here shall thy proud waves be stayed” Job 38:11; cf. Ps. 33:7; 104:9; Prov. 8:29). Though the individual particles of sand are easily shifted about, the vast beaches of sand constitute a most effective barrier against the incessant beating of the waves.

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