Jeremiah 5:21

21 Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear:

Jeremiah 5:21 in Other Translations

21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

21 "Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes, but see not, who have ears, but hear not.

21 Listen, you foolish and senseless people, with eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear.

21 Listen to this, you scatterbrains, airheads, With eyes that see but don't really look, and ears that hear but don't really listen.

21 Hear this, you foolish and senseless people. They have eyes, but they don't see. They have ears, but they don't hear.

Jeremiah 5:21 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 5:21

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding,
&c.] or, "heart" ^F1; (See Gill on Jeremiah 4:22): which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not;
like the idols they served, ( Psalms 115:4-8 ) . this is an upbraiding of them with their folly and stupidity, their want of common sense, their blindness and ignorance; notwithstanding they had the means of light and knowledge, the law, and the prophets.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 (bl Nyaw) "et non cor", Pagninus, Montanus; "qui non habes cor", V. L. "excors", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "cui cor non est", Cocceius.

Jeremiah 5:21 In-Context

19 And when the people ask, ‘Why has the LORD our God done all this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners in a land not your own.’

20 “Announce this to the descendants of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah:

21 Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear:

22 Should you not fear me?” declares the LORD. “Should you not tremble in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting barrier it cannot cross. The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail; they may roar, but they cannot cross it.

23 But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts; they have turned aside and gone away.

Cross References

• 1. ver 4; S Deuteronomy 32:6; S Jeremiah 4:22; Habakkuk 2:18
• 2. Isaiah 6:10; Ezekiel 12:2
• 3. S Deuteronomy 29:4; S Isaiah 42:20; S Matthew 13:15; Mark 8:18