OET interlinear JER 5:22

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Do you not fear me … face?

(Some words not found in UHB: ,,me? not fear declares_of YHWH if from,before_of,me not tremble which/who placed sand border for,sea barrier_of everlasting and=not it,will_pass_over_it and,they_surged and=not prevail and,they_roar waves_of,its and=not they,will_pass_over_it )

Yahweh uses this question to emphasize that the people are extremely foolish because they do not fear Yahweh. Alternate translation: “It is foolish that you do not fear me … face!”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) or tremble before my face

(Some words not found in UHB: ,,me? not fear declares_of YHWH if from,before_of,me not tremble which/who placed sand border for,sea barrier_of everlasting and=not it,will_pass_over_it and,they_surged and=not prevail and,they_roar waves_of,its and=not they,will_pass_over_it )

The trembling would be because of fear. Alternate translation: “or shake with fear because of me”

(Occurrence 0) I have placed a border of sand against the sea

(Some words not found in UHB: ,,me? not fear declares_of YHWH if from,before_of,me not tremble which/who placed sand border for,sea barrier_of everlasting and=not it,will_pass_over_it and,they_surged and=not prevail and,they_roar waves_of,its and=not they,will_pass_over_it )

Alternate translation: “I placed the sand as the border for the sea”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) an ongoing decree that it does not violate

(Some words not found in UHB: ,,me? not fear declares_of YHWH if from,before_of,me not tremble which/who placed sand border for,sea barrier_of everlasting and=not it,will_pass_over_it and,they_surged and=not prevail and,they_roar waves_of,its and=not they,will_pass_over_it )

God speaks of the ocean not going past the border of sand as if the border were a law, and as if the ocean were a person who obeys the law. Alternate translation: “an everlasting limit that it cannot cross”

(Occurrence 0) rises and falls

(Some words not found in UHB: ,,me? not fear declares_of YHWH if from,before_of,me not tremble which/who placed sand border for,sea barrier_of everlasting and=not it,will_pass_over_it and,they_surged and=not prevail and,they_roar waves_of,its and=not they,will_pass_over_it )

Alternate translation: “moves back and forth”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) it does not violate it

(Some words not found in UHB: ,,me? not fear declares_of YHWH if from,before_of,me not tremble which/who placed sand border for,sea barrier_of everlasting and=not it,will_pass_over_it and,they_surged and=not prevail and,they_roar waves_of,its and=not they,will_pass_over_it )

“the ocean does not violate my decree.” God speaks of ocean not going past the border of sand as if the border were a law, and as if the ocean were a person who obeys the law. Alternate translation: “it does not succeed in going past the border”