John 5:40

and you do not wish to come unto me, in order that you may have life.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

but prove all things; and hold fast to the beautiful;

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

whose coming is according to the energy of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,

Hebrews 12:25

See that you do not reject the one speaking: for if they escape not having rejected the one delivering them the divine oracles on earth, how much more shall we not escape, who turn away from the one speaking from the heavens:

Revelation 2:25

Moreover hold fast that which you have, until I shall come.

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Summary

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

They refuse

Bible References

They hold

1 Thessalonians 5:21
but prove all things; and hold fast to the beautiful;
2 Thessalonians 2:9
whose coming is according to the energy of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,
Revelation 2:25
Moreover hold fast that which you have, until I shall come.

They refuse

John 5:40
and you do not wish to come unto me, in order that you may have life.
Hebrews 12:25
See that you do not reject the one speaking: for if they escape not having rejected the one delivering them the divine oracles on earth, how much more shall we not escape, who turn away from the one speaking from the heavens: