Jeremiah 8:5 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 8:5

Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

BSB

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ASV

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

KJV

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah (420)

(Verse 5) Therefore, why is this people in Jerusalem turned away with contentious turning away? They have grasped falsehood and did not want to return. As much as I have provoked them to repentance, they have turned away from me, not so much out of a desire to sin, but to overcome me. For they have strongly grasped falsehood, whether idols or every corrupt thing that is contrary to truth and justice, and they did not want to return. It is not said: they were not able; but they have eagerly followed unjust things.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Sin is a great cheat, and they hold it fast; they love it dearly, and resolve to stick to it, and baffle all the methods God takes to separate between them and their sins. The excuses they make for their sins are deceits, and so are all their hopes of impunity; yet they hold fast these, and will not be undeceived, and therefore they refuse to return.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

When men act as in Jer 8:4, why is God’s own people alone an exception? Slidden back ... backsliding - The same words as “turn” and “return” in Jer 8:4. They should be rendered, “Why doth this people of Jerusalem turn away with a perpetual turning?” Deceit - i. e., idolatry; because men worship in it that which is false, and it is false to the worshippers. Refuse - From a feeling of dislike.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מַדּ֨וּעַ	ma.Du.a'	why?	H4069 →
שׁוֹבְבָ֜ה	sho.Vah	has it turned away	H7725 →
הָעָ֥ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
הַזֶּ֛ה	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם	ye.ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →
מְשֻׁבָ֣ה	me.shu.Vah	apostasy	H4878 →
נִצַּ֑חַת	ni.Tza.chat	enduring	H5329 →
הֶחֱזִ֙יקוּ֙	he.che.Zi.ku	they have kept hold	H2388 →
בַּתַּרְמִ֔ית	ba.tar.Mit	on <the> deceitfulness	H8649 →
מֵאֲנ֖וּ	me.'a.Nu	they have refused	H3985 →
לָשֽׁוּב׃	la.Shuv	to return	H7725 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Zechariah 7:11
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
leads to
- Nehemiah 9:29
  You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly…
Through
Hebrews 12:25
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…
leads to
- Hebrews 8:5
  The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you…
- Hebrews 2:1–3
  We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
- Deuteronomy 30:17
  But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,
- Hebrews 11:7
  By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes…
- Proverbs 13:18
  Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
Through
Jeremiah 9:6
You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
leads to
- Hosea 4:6
  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget…
- Jeremiah 13:10
  These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this…

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Jeremiah