Jeremiah 8:5 - Tree of Life Version

⁵ Why then has this people—Jerusalem— turned away in perpetual backsliding? They cling to 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.

Jeremiah 8:5 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 4:13

Hold on tightly to instruction, do not let it go— guard it, for it is your life.

Isaiah 1:20

But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured with the sword.” For the mouth of Adonai has spoken.

Isaiah 30:10

They say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right. Speak to us smooth words. Prophesy illusions.

Isaiah 44:20

He is feeding on ashes. A deceived heart has led him astray, so he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t what is in my right hand a fraud?”

Jeremiah 14:7

Though our iniquities testify against us, Adonai, act for Your Name’s sake. For our backslidings are many. We have sinned against You.

Jeremiah 2:32

Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me, days without number.

Jeremiah 3:5

Would He keep a grudge forever? Would He keep it to the end?’ So you said—yet you have done all the evil things you could.”

Jeremiah 5:27

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. That is why they grew great and rich.

Jeremiah 5:3

Adonai, do Your eyes not look for faithfulness? You struck them, but they did not grieve. You disciplined them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone. They refused to return.

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore a lion from the forest will kill them. A desert wolf will ravage them. A leopard watches over their cities. Everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces, For their rebellion is great, their backslidings frequent.

Jeremiah 6:17

So I set watchmen over you, saying ‘Listen to the sound of the shofar!’ But they said, ‘We won’t listen.’

Jeremiah 6:19

Hear, O earth! See, I will bring disaster on this people —fruit of their schemes— for they did not listen to My words and rejected My Torah.

Jeremiah 9:6

Therefore thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: “I am about to refine them and test them. For what else can I do for the daughter of My people?

Daniel 9:11

Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your Torah and has turned away—not obeying Your voice. “‘Therefore the curse and sworn judgment written in the Torah of Moses the servant of God has been poured out upon us, for we have sinned against Him.

Hosea 11:5

He will not return to the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian will be his king— because they refused to return.

Hosea 11:7

So My people are bent on turning from Me. Although they are being called upwards, none will rise up.

Hosea 13:2

But now, they sin more and more. They made themselves molten images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of the craftsmen. They say about them: “Let those who sacrifice kiss the calves.”

Hosea 4:16

For Israel is stubborn like a stubborn cow. Now Adonai will pasture them like a lamb in the open field.

Zechariah 7:11

“But they refused to pay attention. They stubbornly turned their backs and stopped their ears from hearing.

John 5:40

Yet you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life!

1 Thessalonians 5:21

but test all things, hold fast to what is good,

Hebrews 12:25

See to it that you do not refuse the One who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the One who was warning them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject the One who warns us from heaven.

Revelation 2:25

Only hold firm to what you have until I come.