Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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
Put everything [i.e., speakers and their messages] to the test, [then] hold onto what is good.
2 Thessalonians 2:9
The coming [of this lawless person] is according to the work of Satan, [and will be] attended by all kinds of powerful [i.e., miraculous] signs and false wonders,
Revelation 2:25
Nevertheless, hold on firmly to what you [already] have [i.e., the qualities mentioned in verse 19] until I come [Note: This probably refers to coming with judgment on wrongdoing. See verse 16].
They refuse
John 5:40
But you do not want to come to me [i.e., to believe in me. See verse 38] so that you will have [never ending] life.
Hebrews 12:25
Pay careful attention so that you do not refuse [to hear] God when He speaks to you. [See verse 9]. For if those people [i.e., the Israelites] did not escape [judgment] when they refused [to hear] Him who warned them on earth [i.e., God speaking through Moses at Mount Sinai], how much less [likely] will we escape [judgment] if we reject Him who warns from heaven [i.e., Christ]?