Jeremiah 5:21
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
Jeremiah 5:21 in other translations
| BSB | “Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear. |
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| WEB | ‘Hear this now, foolish people without understanding, who have eyes, and don’t see, who have ears, and don’t hear: |
| ASV | Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not: |
| YLT | Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not. |
| DARBY | Hear now this, O foolish and heartless people, who have eyes and see not; who have ears, and hear not. |
| BBE | Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing: |
| Webster | Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not: |
What does Jeremiah 5:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 5:19-31
Unhumbled hearts are ready to charge God with being unjust in their afflictions. But they may read their sin in their punishment. If men will inquire wherefore the Lord doeth hard things unto them, let them think of their sins. The restless waves obeyed the Divine decree, that they should not pass the sandy shores, which were as much a restraint as lofty mountains; but they burst all restraints of God's law, and…
Jeremiah 5:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 5:21
- Acts 28:26
Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
- Ezekiel 12:2
Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.
- Isaiah 6:9-10
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
- Romans 11:8
(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
- John 12:40
He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
- Matthew 13:13-15
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
- Jeremiah 4:22
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
- Mark 8:18
Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
- Jeremiah 8:7
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
- Psalms 94:8
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
- Jeremiah 5:4
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.
- Isaiah 44:18
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
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Context
- Jeremiah 5:20
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
- Jeremiah 5:21
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
- Jeremiah 5:22
Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which 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?
Jeremiah 5:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Oid ahora esto, pueblo necio y sin corazón, que tienen ojos y no ven, que tienen oídos y no oyen: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Écoutez pourtant ceci, peuple insensé et sans intelligence, qui avez des yeux et ne voyez pas, qui avez des oreilles et n’entendez pas. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Höret doch dieses, törichtes Volk, ohne Verstand, die Augen haben und nicht sehen, die Ohren haben und nicht hören. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Audi, popule stulte, qui non habes cor: qui habentes oculos, non videtis; et aures, et non auditis. |