Jeremiah 8:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁵ Why have these people turned away? Why is Jerusalem always turning away? They take hold of deceit; they refuse to return.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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

⁵ 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)

⁵ Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

Common English Bible

⁵ Why then does this people, rebellious Jerusalem, persistently turn away from me? They cling to deceit and refuse to return.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ 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

⁵ Why then is this people in Jerusalem turned away with a stubborn revolting? They have laid hold on lying and have refused to return.

Jeremiah 8:5 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 4:13

Hold on to instruction; don’t let go. Guard it, for it 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

They say to the seers, ‘Do not see,’ and to the prophets, ‘Do not prophesy the truth to us. Tell us flattering things. Prophesy illusions.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on   ashes. His deceived mind has led him astray, and he cannot rescue himself, or say, ‘Isn’t there a lie in my right hand? ’

Jeremiah 14:7

Though our iniquities testify against us, Lord, act for your name’s sake. Indeed, our rebellions  are many; we have sinned against you.

Jeremiah 2:32

Can a young woman forget her jewellery or a bride her wedding sash? Yet my people have forgotten me for countless days.

Jeremiah 3:5

Will he bear a grudge for ever? Will he be endlessly infuriated? ’ This is what you have said, but you have done the evil things you are capable of.

Jeremiah 5:27

Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, don’t your eyes look for faithfulness? You have struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They made their faces harder than rock, and they refused to return.

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore, a lion from the forest will strike them down. A wolf from arid plains will ravage them. A leopard  stalks their cities. Anyone who leaves them will be torn to pieces because their rebellious acts are many, their unfaithful deeds numerous.

Jeremiah 6:17

I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they protested, ‘We won’t listen! ’

Jeremiah 6:19

Listen, earth! I am about to bring disaster on these people, the fruit of their own plotting, for they have paid no attention to my words. They have rejected my instruction.

Jeremiah 9:6

You live in a world of deception.  , In their deception they refuse to know me. This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Daniel 9:11

All Israel has broken your law and turned away,  refusing to obey you. The promised curse  written in the law of Moses,  the servant of God, has been poured out on us because we have sinned against him.

Hosea 11:5

Israel will not return to the land of Egypt and Assyria will be his king, because they refused to repent.

Hosea 11:7

My people are bent on turning from me. Though they call to him on high, he will not exalt them at all.

Hosea 13:2

Now they continue to sin and make themselves a cast image, idols skilfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say about them, ‘Let the men who sacrifice  kiss the calves.’

Hosea 4:16

For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn cow. Can the Lord now shepherd them like a lamb in an open meadow?

Zechariah 7:11

But they refused to pay attention  and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.

John 5:40

But you are not willing   to come to me   so that you may have life.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

but test all things.  Hold on to what is good.

Hebrews 12:25

See to it that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they rejected him who warned them on earth, even less will we if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven.

Revelation 2:25

Only hold on to what you have until I come.