Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go:\par\tab Keep her; for she is thy life.
Jeremiah 8:5 - American Standard Version 2015 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Why then is this people of Jerusalem turned away with a perpetual turning away [from Me]? They hold fast to deceit (idolatry); they refuse to repent and return [to God]. American Standard Version (1901) Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. Common English Bible Why then does this people, rebellious Jerusalem, persistently turn away from me? They cling to deceit and refuse to return. Catholic Public Domain Version Then why have this people in Jerusalem turned away with a contentious loathing? They have taken hold of what is false, and they are not willing to return. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Why then is this people in Jerusalem turned away with a stubborn revolting? They have laid hold on lying and have refused to return. |
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go:\par\tab Keep her; for she is thy life.
but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.\par
that say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits,
He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?\par
Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name's sake, O Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
Will he retain {\i his anger} for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and hast had thy way.\par
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.\par
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, {\i and} their backslidings are increased.\par
And I set watchmen over you, {\i saying}, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken.
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.\par
Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even turning aside, that they should not obey thy voice: therefore hath the curse been poured out upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God; for we have sinned against him.
They shall not return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian shall be their king, because they refused to return {\i to me}.
And my people are bent on backsliding from me: though they call them to {\i him that is} on high, none at all will exalt {\i him}.\par
And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned {\i them} on earth, much more {\i shall not} we {\i escape} who turn away from him that {\i warneth} from heaven: