Jeremiah 8:5

American Standard 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 Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
Zech 7:11 : 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
Hos 11:7 : 7 And my people are bent on backsliding from me: though they call them to [him that is] on high, none at all will exalt [him].
2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 [None even he], whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie: 12 that they all might be judged 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 when they refused him that warned [them] on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape] who turn away from him that [warneth] from heaven:
Jer 5:3 : 3 O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were 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 waxed rich.
Isa 1:20 : 20 but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.
Isa 30:10 : 10 that 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; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Jer 2:32 : 32 Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
Jer 3:11-14 : 11 And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath showed herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. 12 Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah; I will not look in anger upon you; for I am merciful, saith Jehovah, I will not keep [anger] for ever. 13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith Jehovah. 14 Return, O backsliding children, saith Jehovah; for I am a husband 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 hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Rev 2:25 : 25 Nevertheless that which ye have, hold fast till {G302} 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 may have life.
Jer 7:24-26 : 24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in [their own] counsels [and] in the stubbornness 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 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 made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.

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