Jeremiah 8:5

New American Standard Bible 2020

“Why has this people, Jerusalem, Turned away in continual apostasy? They hold on to deceit, They refuse to return.

Cross References

Proverbs 4:13

Take hold of instruction; do not let go. Guard her, for she is your life.

Isaiah 1:20

But if you refuse and rebel, You will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

Isaiah 30:10

Who say to the seers, “You must not see visions”; And to the prophets, “You must not prophesy the truth to us. Speak to us pleasant words, Prophesy illusions.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has misled him. And he cannot save himself, nor say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

Jeremiah 14:7

“Though our wrongdoings testify against us, Lord, act for the sake of Your name! Our apostasies have indeed been many, We have sinned against You.

Jeremiah 2:32

“Can a virgin forget her jewelry, Or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me For days without number.

Jeremiah 3:5

‘Will He be angry forever, Or keep His anger to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken And have done evil things, And you have had your own way.”

Jeremiah 5:27

‘Like a cage full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit; Therefore they have become great and rich.

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, do Your eyes not look for honesty? You have struck them, But they did not weaken; You have consumed them, But they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to repent.

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore a lion from the forest will kill them, A wolf of the deserts will destroy them, A leopard is watching their cities. Everyone who goes out of them will be torn in pieces, Because their wrongdoings are many, Their apostasies are numerous.

Jeremiah 6:17

“And I set watchmen over you, saying, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’ But they said, ‘We will not listen.’

Jeremiah 6:19

“Hear, earth: behold, I am bringing disaster on this people, The fruit of their plans, Because they have not listened to My words, And as for My Law, they have rejected it also.

Jeremiah 9:6

“Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the Lord.

Daniel 9:11

Indeed, all Israel has violated Your Law and turned aside, not obeying Your voice; so the curse has gushed forth on us, along with the oath which is written in the Law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him.

Hosea 11:5

¶They will not return to the land of Egypt; But Assyria—he will be their king Because they refused to return to Me.

Hosea 11:7

So My people are determined to turn from Me. Though they call them to the One on high, None at all exalts Him.

Hosea 13:2

And now they sin more and more, And make for themselves cast metal images, Idols skillfully made from their silver, All of them the work of craftsmen. They say of them, “Let the people who sacrifice kiss the calves!”

Hosea 4:16

Since Israel is stubborn Like a stubborn cow, Will the Lord now pasture them Like a lamb in a large field?

Zechariah 7:11

But they refused to pay attention, and turned a stubborn shoulder and plugged their ears from hearing.

John 5:40

and yet you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

but examine everything; hold firmly to that which is good,

Hebrews 12:25

See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape who turn away from Him who warns us from heaven.

Revelation 2:25

Nevertheless what you have, hold firmly until I come.