Jeremiah 8:5

Young's Literal Translation 1862

Wherefore hath this people of Jerusalem Turned back -- a perpetual backsliding? They have kept hold on deceit, They have refused to turn back.

Cross References

Proverbs 4:13

Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she `is' thy life.

Isaiah 1:20

And if ye refuse, and have rebelled, `By' the sword ye are consumed, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.

Isaiah 30:10

Who have said to seers, `Ye do not see,' And to prophets, `Ye do not prophesy to us Straightforward things, Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits,

Isaiah 44:20

Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, It hath turned him aside, And he delivereth not his soul, nor saith: `Is there not a lie in my right hand?'

Jeremiah 14:7

Surely our iniquities have testified against us, O Jehovah, work for Thy name's sake, For many have been our backslidings, Against Thee we have sinned.

Jeremiah 2:32

Doth a virgin forget her ornaments? A bride her bands? And My people have forgotten Me days without number.

Jeremiah 3:5

Doth He keep to the age? watch for ever?' Lo, these things thou hast spoken, And thou dost the evil things, and prevailest.

Jeremiah 5:27

As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.

Jeremiah 5:3

Jehovah, Thine eyes, are they not on stedfastness? Thou hast smitten them, and they have not grieved, Thou hast consumed them, They have refused to receive instruction, They made their faces harder than a rock, They have refused to turn back.

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore smitten them hath a lion out of the forest, A wolf of the deserts doth spoil them, A leopard is watching over their cities, Every one who is going out of them is torn, For many have been their transgressions, Mighty have been their backslidings.

Jeremiah 6:17

And I have raised up for you watchmen, Attend ye to the voice of the trumpet. And they say, `We do not attend.'

Jeremiah 6:19

Hear, O earth, lo, I am bringing evil on this people, The fruit of their devices, For to My words they gave no attention, And My law -- they kick against it.

Jeremiah 9:6

thy dwelling `is' in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Daniel 9:11

and all Israel have transgressed Thy law, to turn aside so as not to hearken to Thy voice; and poured on us is the execration, and the oath, that is written in the law of Moses, servant of God, because we have sinned against Him.

Hosea 11:5

He turneth not back unto the land of Egypt, And Asshur -- he `is' his king, For they have refused to return.

Hosea 11:7

And My people are hanging in suspense, about My returning, And unto the Most High they do call, Together they exalt not.

Hosea 13:2

And now do they add to sin, And make to them a molten image of their silver, By their own understanding -- idols, A work of artizans -- all of it, Of them they say, who `are' sacrificers among men, `The calves let them kiss.'

Hosea 4:16

For as a refractory heifer hath Israel turned aside, Now doth Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.

Zechariah 7:11

And they refuse to attend, And they give a refractory shoulder, And their ears have made heavy against hearing.

John 5:40

and ye do not will to come unto me, that ye may have life;

1 Thessalonians 5:21

all things prove; that which is good hold fast;

Hebrews 12:25

See, may ye not refuse him who is speaking, for if those did not escape who refused him who upon earth was divinely speaking -- much less we who do turn away from him who `speaketh' from heaven,

Revelation 2:25

but that which ye have -- hold ye, till I may come;