Yahweh is speaking to the people of Israel.

## Report this ##

"Tell this"

## house of Jacob ##

See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 2:4](../02/04.md).

## let it be heard in Judah ##

"announce it in Judah"

## people! For idols have no will ##

"people that has no mind." AT: "people that cannot understand." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## there are eyes in them, but they cannot see. ##

AT: "You have eyes but you do not understand what I am doing"

## There are ears on them, but they do not hear ##

"AT: "You have ears but you do not understand what I am telling you"

## This is Yahweh's declaration ##

See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 1:7](../01/07.md).

## Do you not fear me... ##

Yahweh uses this question to emphasize that the people are extremely foolish because they do not fear Yahweh. AT: "It is foolish that you do not fear me..." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

## or tremble before my face ##

AT: "or shake with fear because of me." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and  [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## I have placed a border of sand against the sea ##

"I placed the sand as the border for the sea"

## an ongoing decree that it does not violate ##

"an everlasting limit that it cannot cross"

## rises and falls ##

"tosses back and forth"

## not violate it ##

AT: "not succeed in overcoming the border." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])