Jeremiah 8:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • Jer 9:6 : 6 thy dwelling `is' in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.
  • Zech 7:11 : 11 And they refuse to attend, And they give a refractory shoulder, And their ears have made heavy against hearing.
  • Hos 11:7 : 7 And My people are hanging in suspense, about My returning, And unto the Most High they do call, Together they exalt not.
  • 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 `him,' whose presence is according to the working of the Adversary, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders, 10 and in all deceitfulness of the unrighteousness in those perishing, because the love of the truth they did not receive for their being saved, 11 and because of this shall God send to them a working of delusion, for their believing the lie, 12 that they may be judged -- all who did not believe the truth, but were well pleased in the unrighteousness.
  • Heb 12:25 : 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,
  • Jer 5:3 : 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.
  • Jer 5:27 : 27 As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.
  • Isa 1:20 : 20 And if ye refuse, and have rebelled, `By' the sword ye are consumed, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.
  • Isa 30:10 : 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,
  • Isa 44:20 : 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?'
  • Jer 2:32 : 32 Doth a virgin forget her ornaments? A bride her bands? And My people have forgotten Me days without number.
  • Jer 3:11-14 : 11 And Jehovah saith unto me: `Justified herself hath backsliding Israel, More than treacherous Judah. 12 Go, and thou hast proclaimed these words toward the north, and hast said, Turn back, O backsliding Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah! I cause not Mine anger to fall upon you, For I `am' kind, an affirmation of Jehovah, I watch not to the age. 13 Only, know thine iniquity, For against Jehovah thy God thou hast transgressed, And thou dost scatter thy ways to strangers, Under every green tree, And to My voice thou hast not hearkened, An affirmation of Jehovah. 14 Turn back, O backsliding sons, An affirmation of Jehovah. For I have ruled over you, And taken you one of a city, and two of a family, And have brought you to Zion,
  • Hos 4:16 : 16 For as a refractory heifer hath Israel turned aside, Now doth Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.
  • Rev 2:25 : 25 but that which ye have -- hold ye, till I may come;
  • 1 Thess 5:21 : 21 all things prove; that which is good hold fast;
  • Prov 4:13 : 13 Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she `is' thy life.
  • John 5:40 : 40 and ye do not will to come unto me, that ye may have life;
  • Jer 7:24-26 : 24 And they have not hearkened, nor inclined their ear, And they walk in the counsels, In the stubbornness, of their evil heart, And are for backward, and not for forward. 25 Even from the day when your fathers Went out of the land of Egypt till this day, I send to you all my servants the prophets, Daily rising early and sending, 26 And they have not hearkened unto Me, Nor inclined their ear, and harden their neck, They have done evil above their fathers.

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