Jeremiah 5:22
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 5:22 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 5:22 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "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 ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 5:22 — KJV
“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 5:22 (KJV)
Jeremiah 5:22 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 5:22
“For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. of them: Heb. in, or, among, etc with: or, in”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:22: sand, sea, decree
“Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. in...: or, instead of that”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:22: sand, sea, cannot
“Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:22: saith, lord, sea
“They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:22: saith, lord, sea
“And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 5:22: lord, sea, pass
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