Jeremiah 8:5
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Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
In other translations
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
Hebrew words
מַדּוּעַmadua'why?H4069שׁוֹבְבָהshovahhas it turned awayH7725הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088יְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalimJerusalemH3389מְשֻׁבָהmeshuvahapostasyH4878נִצַּחַתnitzachatenduringH5329הֶחֱזִיקוּhechezikuthey have kept holdH2388בַּתַּרְמִיתbatarmiton <the> deceitfulnessH8649מֵאֲנוּme'anuthey have refusedH3985לָשׁוּב׃lashuvto returnH7725
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 9:6Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 5:3O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
- Zechariah 7:11But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
- Hebrews 12:25See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
- Hosea 11:7And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.
- John 5:40And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.
- Isaiah 44:20He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
- Jeremiah 5:27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9-129 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.9 The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder, 10 and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. 11 For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, 12 in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.
- Isaiah 30:10Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
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Places: Jerusalem