Jeremiah 5:22

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Summary

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?

Fear ye not

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General references

Genesis 1:9

Job 37:1

Acts 16:35

Bible References

Fear ye not

Who would not fear thee, O King of the Gentiles? for unto thee does it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the Gentiles and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

if thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book that thou may fear this glorious and fearful name; I AM thy God.

My flesh trembles for fear of thee, and I am afraid of thy judgments.

And fear not those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul, but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who, after being killed, has power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and magnify thy name? for thou only art holy; therefore, all the Gentiles shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

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He has compassed the waters with bounds until the end of light and darkness.

and established my decree upon it, and set bars and doors,

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; he lays up the deeps for treasures.

The rivers have lifted up, O LORD; the rivers have lifted up their voice; the rivers lift up their waves.

Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over, that they not turn again to cover the earth.

when he gave to the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth,

for I came, and no one showed himself; I called, and no one answered. Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink because there is no water and die for thirst.

He that built his degrees in the heaven and has founded his gathering upon the earth; he that calls the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.

He reprehends the sea and makes it dry and dries up all the rivers; Bashan was destroyed, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon was destroyed.

And as he arose, he rebuked the wind and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

General references

And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was so.

At this also my heart trembles and is moved out of its place.

And when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go.