Jeremiah 5:22

5:22 “You should fear me!” says the Lord.

“You should tremble in awe before me! ¹ 

I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea,

a permanent barrier that it can never cross.

Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail.

They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary.” ² 

Jeremiah 6:10

6:10 I answered, ³ 

“Who would listen

if I spoke to them and warned them? ⁴ 

Their ears are so closed ⁵ 

that they cannot hear!

Indeed, ⁶  what the Lord says is offensive to them.

They do not like it at all. ⁷ 

[5:22]  ¹ tn Heb “Should you not fear me? Should you not tremble in awe before me?” The rhetorical questions expect the answer explicit in the translation.

[5:22]  ² tn Heb “it.” The referent is made explicit to avoid any possible confusion.

[6:10]  ³ tn These words are not in the text but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[6:10]  ⁴ tn Or “To whom shall I speak? To whom shall I give warning? Who will listen?” Heb “Unto whom shall I speak and give warning that they may listen?”

[6:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “are uncircumcised.”

[6:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “Behold!”

[6:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “They do not take pleasure in it.”