Jeremiah 5:21-23

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²¹ Hear this message, you foolish people who have no ·sense [^Lheart].
    They have eyes, but they don’t really see.
    They have ears, but they don’t really listen [^CGod’s people are like the idols they worship; Ps. 115:6; 135:17].
²² ·Surely you are afraid of me [^LDo you not fear me?],” says the Lord.
    “·You should shake with fear [^LDo you not tremble…?] in my presence.
I am the one who ·made the beaches [^Lset sand] to be a border for the sea,
    a ·border [limit] the water can never go past.
·The waves may pound the beach [^LThey may rise and fall], but they can’t win over it.
    ·They [^LThe waves] may roar, but they cannot go beyond it.
²³ But this people [^Cof Judah] ·are stubborn and have turned against me [^Lhave a stubborn and rebellious heart].
    They have turned aside and gone away from me.