Jeremiah 5:23

23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone.

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.

Jeremiah 5:23 In-Context

21 Hear now this, O foolish people and without understanding, who have eyes and see not, who have ears and hear not:

22 Fear ye not Me?" saith the LORD. "Will ye not tremble at My presence, who 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?

23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone.

24 Neither say they in their heart, `Let us now fear the LORD our God, who giveth rain, both the former and the latter in his season; He reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.'

25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good things from you.