Jeremiah 5:21–26

21 ‘Hear this now, O hfoolish people,

Without 5understanding,

Who have eyes and see not,

And who have ears and hear not:

22 iDo you not fear Me?’ says the Lord.

‘Will you not tremble at My presence,

Who have placed the sand as the jbound of the sea,

By a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass beyond it?

And though its waves toss to and fro,

Yet they cannot prevail;

Though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it.

23 But this people has a defiant and rebellious heart;

They have revolted and departed.

24 They do not say in their heart,

“Let us now fear the Lord our God,

kWho gives rain, both the lformer and the latter, in its season.

mHe reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.”

25 nYour iniquities have turned these things away,

And your sins have withheld good from you.

26 ‘For among My people are found wicked men;

They olie in wait as one who sets snares;

They set a trap;

They catch men.