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Jeremiah 8:5

Repentance

3 And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

4 So you are to tell them this is what the LORD says: “Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not return?

Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

6 I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.

7 Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
KJV
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
WEB
Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit. They refuse to return.
ASV
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
DARBY
Why hath this people of Jerusalem slidden back with a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
BLB
Why [is] this people of Jerusalem turned away by a perpetual backsliding? They hold firmly to deceit, they refuse to return.
ÅB
Hvorfor er folket her i Jerusalem falt fra med et evig frafall? De holder fast ved sin svik og vil ikke vende tilbake.
OTB
Hvorfor har da dette folket, Jerusalem, vendt seg bort i evig frafall? De holder fast ved svik, de nekter å vende tilbake.
B1930
Hvorfor er folket her i Jerusalem falt fra med et evig frafall? De holder fast ved sin svik og vil ikke vende tilbake.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 9:6

    You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.

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  • Zechariah 7:11

    But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

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  • Jeremiah 5:3

    O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

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  • Hebrews 12:25

    See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?

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  • John 5:40

    yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.

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  • Hosea 11:7

    My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.

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  • Isaiah 30:10

    They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.

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  • 2 Thessalonians 2:9–12

    The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,

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