Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
New American Standard Bible
They
They
King James Version
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Holman Bible
Why is Jerusalem always turning away?
They take hold of deceit;
they refuse to return.
International Standard Version
Why has this people turned away? Why does Jerusalem continue in apostasy? They hold on to deceit and refuse to repent.
A Conservative Version
Why then has this people of Jerusalem slid back by a perpetual backsliding? They hold firm deceit. They refuse to return.
American Standard Version
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Amplified
“Why then has this people of Jerusalem
Turned away with a perpetual turning away [from Me]?
They hold tightly to
They refuse to repent and return [to God].
Bible in Basic English
Why do these people of Jerusalem go back, for ever turning away? they will not give up their deceit, they will not come back.
Darby Translation
Why hath this people of Jerusalem slidden back with a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Julia Smith Translation
Wherefore did this people of Jerusalem turn away a continual turning away? they laid hold upon deceit; they refused to turn back.
King James 2000
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Why has this people, Jerusalem, turned away [in] enduring apostasy? They have kept hold of deceit, they have refused to return.
Modern King James verseion
Why has this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a never-ending backsliding? They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore then is this people and Jerusalem gone so far back, that they turn not again? They are ever the longer, the more obstinate, and will not be converted.
NET Bible
Why, then, do these people of Jerusalem continually turn away from me in apostasy? They hold fast to their deception. They refuse to turn back to me.
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore hath this people of Jerusalem apostatized with an enduring apostacy, - Taken fast hold of deceit, Refused to come back?
Webster
Why then hath this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
World English Bible
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Youngs Literal Translation
Wherefore hath this people of Jerusalem Turned back -- a perpetual backsliding? They have kept hold on deceit, They have refused to turn back.
Themes
Backsliding » Guilt and consequences of
Backsliding » Liable to continue and increase
Deceit » Evil of » Keeps from turning to God
Deceit » Keeps from turning to God
Interlinear
Shuwb
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 8:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Death Over Life
4 "Moreover you shall tell them, 'Thus says the LORD: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall one turn away, and not return? 5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. 6 I listened and heard, but they did not speak what is right: no man repents him of his wickedness, saying, "What have I done?" Everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:6
Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me," says the LORD.
Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, do your eyes not look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.
Proverbs 4:13
Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.
Isaiah 1:20
but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it."
Isaiah 30:10
who tell the seers, "Do not see." and to the prophets, "Do not prophesy to us right things. Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy deceits.
Isaiah 44:20
He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can't deliver his soul, nor say, "Isn't there a lie in my right hand?"
Jeremiah 2:32
"Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.
Jeremiah 3:11-14
The LORD said to me, "Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
Jeremiah 5:27
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
Jeremiah 7:24-26
But they did not listen nor turn their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Hosea 4:16
For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will the LORD feed them like a lamb in a meadow.
Hosea 11:7
My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won't exalt them.
Zechariah 7:11
But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
John 5:40
Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.
1 Thessalonians 5:21
but test all things; hold firmly that which is good.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
Hebrews 12:25
See that you do not refuse him who speaks. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
Revelation 2:25
Nevertheless, hold that which you have firmly until I come.