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

3So death will be chosen rather than life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family that remains in all the places to which I have driven them.” It is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot. 4Moreover you will say to them, thus says Adonai: “Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not return? Why then has this people—Jerusalem— turned away in perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return. 6I listened attentively, but they have not spoken what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, saying, ‘What have I done?’ Each one turns in his own direction, like a horse charging into battle. 7Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed times, and the turtledove, swallow and crane observe the time of their migration, but My people do not know the judgments of Adonai.

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 virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me, days without number.
• Jeremiah 3:11Then Adonai said to me, “Backsliding Israel has proved herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.
• Jeremiah 7:24But they did not listen or pay attention. Instead they followed their own counsel, in the stubbornness of their evil heart. They have gone backward and not forward,
• Hosea 4:16For Israel is stubborn like a stubborn cow. Now Adonai will pasture them like a lamb in the open field.
• Hosea 11:7So My people are bent on turning from Me. Although they are being called upwards, none will rise up.
• Jeremiah 9:6Therefore thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: “I am about to refine them and test them. For what else can I do for the daughter of My people?
• Proverbs 4:13Hold on tightly to instruction, do not let it 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 to us what is right. Speak to us smooth words. Prophesy illusions.
• Isaiah 44:20He is feeding on ashes. A deceived heart has led him astray, so he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t what is in my right hand a fraud?”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:21but test all things, hold fast to what is good,
• 2 Thessalonians 2:9The coming of the lawless one is connected to the activity of satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,
• Revelation 2:25Only hold firm to what you have until I come.
• Jeremiah 5:3Adonai, do Your eyes not look for faithfulness? You struck them, but they did not grieve. You disciplined them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone. They refused to return.
• Isaiah 1:20But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured with the sword.” For the mouth of Adonai has spoken.
• Zechariah 7:11“But they refused to pay attention. They stubbornly turned their backs and stopped their ears from hearing.
• John 5:40Yet you are unwilling 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