Jeremiah 8:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַדּ֨וּעַ שׁוֹבְבָ֜ה הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֛ה יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם מְשֻׁבָ֣ה נִצַּ֑חַת הֶחֱזִ֙יקוּ֙ בַּתַּרְמִ֔ית מֵאֲנ֖וּ לָשֽׁוּב׃

Transliteration

Maddûaʿ šôbᵊbāh the-ʿām the-zeh yᵊrûšālaim mᵊšubāh niṣṣaḥat? They heḥĕzîqû in-the-tarmît, they mēʾănû to-šûb.

Grammar Details

*Maddûaʿ*: interrogative adverb - why
*šôbᵊbāh*: polal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - turned away/backslidden
*ʿām*: noun with definite article - the people
*zeh*: masculine demonstrative pronoun with definite article - this
*yᵊrûšālaim*: proper name - Jerusalem
*mᵊšubāh*: noun feminine singular - backsliding/apostasy
*niṣṣaḥat*: niphal participle feminine singular - perpetual/enduring
*heḥĕzîqû*: hiphil perfect 3rd person plural - they have held fast/seized
*tarmît*: noun with definite article - deceit/treachery
*mēʾănû*: piel perfect 3rd person plural - they have refused
*šûb*: qal infinitive construct - to return/repent

Word Meanings

*Maddûaʿ*: why/for what reason
*šôbᵊbāh*: turned away/backslidden/rebellious
*ʿām*: people/nation/folk
*mᵊšubāh*: backsliding/apostasy/turning away
*niṣṣaḥat*: perpetual/enduring/everlasting
*heḥĕzîqû*: held fast/seized/strengthened
*tarmît*: deceit/treachery/fraud
*mēʾănû*: refused/rejected/declined

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Referenced Verses

Jer 9:6 : 6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
Zech 7:11 : 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
Hos 11:7 : 7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
Jer 5:3 : 3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have 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.
Jer 5:27 : 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
Isa 1:20 : 20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Isa 30:10 : 10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
Isa 44:20 : 20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Jer 2:32 : 32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
Jer 3:11-14 : 11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. 12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever. 13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD. 14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
Hos 4:16 : 16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Rev 2:25 : 25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
1 Thess 5:21 : 21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Prov 4:13 : 13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
John 5:40 : 40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
Jer 7:24-26 : 24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. 25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: 26 Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

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