Jeremiah 8:5
“Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Jeremiah 8:5 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Warum kehrt sich dieses Volk Jerusalems ab in immerwährender Abkehr? Sie halten fest am Truge, sie weigern sich umzukehren.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
¿Por qué es este pueblo de Jerusalem rebelde con rebeldía perpetua? Abrazaron el engaño, no han querido volverse.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Então por que este povo de Jerusalém continuam se desviando permanentemente? Eles se mantêm no engano, não querem voltar.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Por que este povo, Jerusalém, tem virado as costas em permanente infidelidade? Eles agarram-se à mentira e não querem se arrepender.
📖 Jeremiah 8:5 in Context
3And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the Lord of hosts.
4Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
5Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
6I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
7Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
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