Jer 5:22, 31:35 | JFB | STEP | 22. sand-- Though made up of particles easily shifting about, I render it sufficient to curb the violence of the sea. Such is your monstrous perversity, that the raging, senseless sea sooner obeys Me, than ye do who profess to be intelligent [Calvin], ( ; , ; ; ).

‏ Jeremiah 5:22

22. sand--Though made up of particles easily shifting about, I render it sufficient to curb the violence of the sea. Such is your monstrous perversity, that the raging, senseless sea sooner obeys Me, than ye do who profess to be intelligent [Calvin], (Job 26:10; 38:10, 11; Pr 8:29; Re 15:4).

‏ Jeremiah 31:35

35. divideth ... sea when ... waves ... roar ... Lord of hosts ... name--quoted from Is 51:15, the genuineness of which passage is thus established on Jeremiah's authority.