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"Declare this in the house of Jacob And proclaim it in Judah, saying,

Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

'Now hear this, you foolish and senseless people, Who have eyes but do not see, Who have ears but do not hear.

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

'Do you not fear Me?' declares the LORD. 'Do you not tremble in My presence? For I have placed the sand as a boundary for the sea, An eternal limit, and it will not cross over it. Though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; Though they roar, they will not cross over it.

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?

'But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; They have turned aside and departed.

But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

'They do not say in their heart, "Let us now fear the LORD our God, Who gives rain in its season, Both the autumn rain and the spring rain, Who keeps for us The appointed weeks of the harvest."

Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

'Your wrongdoings have turned these away, And your sins have kept good away from you.

Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.