They sin against the God:

1. Of Creation (Jeremiah 5:22), and
2. Of Providence (Jeremiah 5:24).

But this people ... — The contrast seems to lie in the fact that the elements are subject to God’s will, but that humanit…

God restrains the sea, but nothing seems to be able to restrain the sinfulness of man. He breaks each and every barrier that should keep him back; …

Here the previous verse is completed, for what is said here is connected with the question that we have noted. But God now proves more clearly why …

Ver. 23 But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart They are not so obedient as the sea and its waves; nor so…

Unhumbled hearts are ready to charge God with being unjust in their afflictions. But they can read their sin in their punishment. If people inquire…

1. Here, he shows the folly of a sinful people.

1. He describes the foolishness itself: hear, O foolish people, who have no he…