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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Jeremías 5:23 In-Context
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Escucha esto, pueblo necio e insensato,que tiene ojos pero no ve,que tiene oĂdos pero no oye.
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ÂżAcaso has dejado de temerme?—afirma el SEĂ‘OR—.ÂżNo debieras temblar ante mĂ?Yo puse la arena como lĂmite del mar,como frontera perpetua e infranqueable.Aunque se agiten sus olas,no podrán prevalecer;aunque bramen,no franquearán esa frontera.
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Pero este pueblo tiene un corazĂłn terco y rebelde;se ha descarriado, ha sido infiel.
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No reflexionan ni dicen:“Temamos al SEÑOR, nuestro Dios,quien a su debido tiempo nos da lluvia,las lluvias de otoño y primavera,y nos asegura las semanas señaladaspara la cosecha”.
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Las iniquidades de ustedesles han quitado estos beneficios;sus pecados los han privadode estas bendiciones.