Do you notהַ לֹאfearתִירָאוּme?אוֹתִיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהֹוָהDo you notאִם לֹאtrembleתָחִילוּbefore me,מִפָּנַיwhoאֲשֶׁרplacedשַׂמְתִּיthe sandחוֹלas the boundaryגְּבוּלfor the sea,לַיָּםan eternalעוֹלָםdecree,חָקand it cannotוְלֹאpass beyond it?יַעַבְרֶנְהוּAnd they toss,וַיִּתְגָּעֲשׁוּbut they cannotוְלֹאprevail;יוּכָלוּand its wavesגַלָּיוroar,וְהָמוּbut they cannotוְלֹאpass beyond it.יַעַבְרֻנְהוּ
Jeremiah 5:22
Study it in the app“Do you not fear me? declares YHWH. Do you not tremble before me, who placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, an eternal decree, and it cannot pass beyond it? And they toss, but they cannot prevail; and its waves roar, but they cannot pass beyond it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 5:22, word by word
- fearתִירָאוּtirau
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “tirau” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- YHWHיְהֹוָהyehova
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehova” appears- trembleתָחִילוּtachilu
writhe
To twist and shudder from sharp pain or from fear.
Where else “tachilu” appears- before meפָּנַpana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pana” appears- placedשַׂמְתִּיsamti
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samti” appears- the sandחוֹלchol
sand
Sand.
Where else “chol” appears- as the boundaryגְּבוּלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears- for the seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- an eternalעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- decreeחָקchak
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chak” appears- pass beyond itיַעַבְרֶyaavre
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavre” appears- And they tossיִּתְגָּעֲשׁוּyitgaashu
shake, be shaken
To shake violently, to be stirred up. Said of the earth, of waters or of someone who staggers.
Where else “yitgaashu” appears- prevailיוּכָלוּyuchalu
prevail
To come out victorious against someone stronger or greater.
Where else “yuchalu” appears- and its wavesגַלָּיgalay
wave
The rising swell of the sea.
Where else “galay” appears- roarהָמוּhamu
roar
To make a great din, like the sea or a crowd.
Where else “hamu” appears
The context
21‘Hear now this, senseless people without heart, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
22 · This verse (above)
23But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; they have turned aside and gone away.