In biblical wisdom the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom
(Proverbs 1:7). The root of all proper understanding and behaving is reverence for the Lord as creator and ruler of everything he has made. The question asked by the Lord implies that Judah lacks this reverence. They are a foolish and senseless people.
"As they did not hear the divine voice or see correctly the divine world, they could not revere God”.1
22 Do you not fear me? declares the LORD. Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot pass over it.