Jeremiah 8:5

Jeremiah 8:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
• New International Version (NIV)Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Why then has this people turned away in perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Why has this people slidden back, Jerusalem, in a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit, They refuse to return.

Context of Jeremiah 8:5

3Death will be chosen over life by all the survivors of this evil family, those who remain wherever I have banished them.” This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies. 4“You are to say to them: This is what the Lord says: Do people fall and not get up again? If they turn away, do they not return? Why have these people turned away? Why is Jerusalem always turning away? They take hold of deceit; they refuse to return. 6I have paid careful attention. They do not speak what is right. No one regrets his evil, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has stayed his course like a horse rushing into battle. 7Even storks in the sky know their seasons. Turtledoves, swallows, and cranes are aware of their migration, but my people do not know the requirements of the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:5 word by word

מַדּ֨וּעַ שׁוֹבְבָ֜ה הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֛ה יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם מְשֻׁבָ֣ה נִצַּ֑חַת הֶחֱזִ֙יקוּ֙ בַּתַּרְמִ֔ית מֵאֲנ֖וּ לָשֽׁוּב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• is this peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• slidden backשׁוּבshûb · to return: turn backH7725
• by a perpetualנָצַחnâtsach · to conductH5329
• backslidingמְשׁוּבָהmeshûbâh meshûbâh · faithlessnessH4878
• they holdחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: holdH2388
• fast deceitתַּרְמִיתtormâh tarmûth tarmîyth · deceitfulnessH8649
• they refuseמָאֵןmâ'ên · to refuseH3985
• to returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725

Cross-references for Jeremiah 8:5

• Jeremiah 2:32Can a young woman forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet my people have forgotten me for countless days.
• Jeremiah 3:11The Lord announced to me, “Unfaithful Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
• Jeremiah 7:24Yet they didn’t listen or pay attention but followed their own advice and their own stubborn, evil heart. They went backward and not forward.
• Hosea 4:16For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn cow. Can the Lord now shepherd them like a lamb in an open meadow?
• Hosea 11:7My people are bent on turning from me. Though they call to him on high, he will not exalt them at all.
• Jeremiah 9:6You live in a world of deception. In their deception they refuse to know me. This is the Lord’s declaration.
• Proverbs 4:13Hold on to instruction; don’t let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
• Isaiah 30:10They say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy the truth to us. Tell us flattering things. Prophesy illusions.
• Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes. His deceived mind has led him astray, and he cannot rescue himself, or say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:21but test all things. Hold on to what is good.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:9The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with every kind of miracle, both signs and wonders serving the lie,
• Revelation 2:25Only hold on to what you have until I come.
• Jeremiah 5:3Lord, don’t your eyes look for faithfulness? You have struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They made their faces harder than rock, and they refused to return.
• Isaiah 1:20But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
• Zechariah 7:11But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.
• John 5:40But you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 8:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5When men act as in Jeremiah 8:4, why is God‘s own people alone an exception? Slidden back … backsliding - The same words as “turn” and “return” in Jeremiah 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.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-13Verses 4-13 What brought this ruin? 1. The people would not attend to reason; they would not act in the affairs of their souls with common prudence. Sin is backsliding; it is going back from the way that leads to life, to that which leads to destruction. 2. They would not attend to the warning of conscience. They did not take the first step towards repentance: true repentance begins in serious inquiry as to what we have done, from conviction that we have…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-7These verses list the evidence of Judah's sins. The people engaged in ritual sex related to idol worship. They followed idol worship practices. They stayed in their delusions because lies trapped their minds and hearts. The term "lies" often refers to idols (Jeremiah 5:3, 6; 7:24; 9:6; Proverbs 24:16; Isaiah 44:20; Amos 5:2; Micah 7:8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. slidden ... backsliding--rather, as the Hebrew is the same as in Jr 8:4, to which this verse refers, "turned away with a perpetual turning away." perpetual--in contrast to the "arise" ("rise again," Jr 8:4). refuse to return--in contrast to, "shall he ... not return" (Jr 8:4; Jr 5:3).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 8:5

• Backsliders
• Church
• Deceit
• Impenitence

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Repent
• Snorting
• Covenant, the New
• Exodus, the Book of
• Jeremiah (2)
• Perpetual; Perpetually; Perpetuity

Commentaries on Jeremiah 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings