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But you people have stubborn hearts. You refuse to obey me. You have turned away from me. You have gone down the wrong path.
Jeremiah 5:23 Meaning and Commentary
Ver. 23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart They are not so obedient as the sea and its waves; nor so firm and stable as the sand that is set for the bound of it. This is a reproof and an aggravation of the revoltings and rebellions of this people: they are revolted and gone; they had departed from the ways of the Lord, and were gone back from his worship, as the Targum; and were gone into evil ways, and to a false worship; they not only had revolted, but they went on, they continued therein, and went further and further, off from God and his worship.
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Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear:
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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.
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But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts; they have turned aside and gone away.
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They do not say to themselves, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives autumn and spring rains in season, who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.’
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Your wrongdoings have kept these away; your sins have deprived you of good.