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Jeremiah 5:21
'Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and do not see; who have ears, and do not hear:
Jeremiah 5:21 · New Heart English Bible
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Jeremiah 5:21 in other translations
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
‘Hear this now, foolish people without understanding, who have eyes, and don’t see, who have ears, and don’t hear:
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In context
18 "But even in those days," says the Lord, "I will not make a full end with you.
19 It will happen, when you say, 'Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?' Then you shall say to them, 'Just like you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours.'
20 "Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
21 'Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and do not see; who have ears, and do not hear:
22 Do you not fear me?' says the Lord 'Won't you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can't pass it? And though its waves toss themselves, yet they can't prevail; though they roar, yet they can't pass over it.'
23 "But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone.
24 Neither do they say in their heart, 'Let us now fear the Lord our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.'
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