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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then why do these people stay on their self-destructive path? Why do the people of Jerusalem refuse to turn back? They cling tightly to their lies and will not turn around.

Context of Jeremiah 8:5

3Wherever I banish them, all the survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life, declares the Lord Almighty.’ 4“Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: “ ‘When people fall down, do they not get up? When someone turns away, do they not return? Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return. 6I have listened attentively, but they do not say what is right. None of them repent of their wickedness, saying, “What have I done?” Each pursues their own course like a horse charging into battle. 7Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, and the dove, the swift and the thrush observe the time 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 2:32Does a young woman forget her jewelry, a bride her wedding ornaments? Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number.
• Jeremiah 3:11The Lord said to me, “Faithless Israel is more righteous than unfaithful Judah.
• Jeremiah 7:24But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
• Hosea 4:16The Israelites are stubborn, like a stubborn heifer. How then can the Lord pasture them like lambs in a meadow?
• Hosea 11:7My people are determined to turn from me. Even though they call me God Most High, I will by no means exalt them.
• Jeremiah 9:6You live in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,” declares the Lord.
• Proverbs 4:13Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.
• Isaiah 30:10They say to the seers, “See no more visions!” and to the prophets, “Give us no more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions.
• Isaiah 44:20Such a person feeds on ashes; a deluded heart misleads him; he cannot save himself, or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:21but test them all; hold on to what is good,
• 2 Thessalonians 2:9The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie,
• Revelation 2:25except to hold on to what you have until I come.’
• Jeremiah 5:3Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
• Isaiah 1:20but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
• Zechariah 7:11“But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and covered their ears.
• John 5:40yet you refuse to come to me to 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