Jeremiah 8:5
Deceit - Their false prophets, encouraging themselves in their wickedness, and pleasing themselves, that their miseries should not come upon them.
3 Then adeath shall be chosen rather than life by all the1 residue of those who remain of this evil family, who remain in all the places where I have driven them,” says the Lord of hosts.
The Peril of False Teaching
4 “Moreover you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord:
“Will they fall and not rise?
Will one turn away and not return?
“Will they fall and not rise?
Will one turn away and not return?
5 Why has this people aslidden back,
Jerusalem, in a perpetual backsliding?
bThey hold fast to deceit,
cThey refuse to return.
Jerusalem, in a perpetual backsliding?
bThey hold fast to deceit,
cThey refuse to return.
6 aI listened and heard,
But they do not speak aright.
bNo man repented of his wickedness,
Saying, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone turned to his own course,
As the horse rushes into the battle.
But they do not speak aright.
bNo man repented of his wickedness,
Saying, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone turned to his own course,
As the horse rushes into the battle.
7 “Even athe stork in the heavens
Knows her appointed times;
And the turtledove, the swift, and the swallow
Observe the time of their coming.
But bMy people do not know the judgment of the Lord.
Knows her appointed times;
And the turtledove, the swift, and the swallow
Observe the time of their coming.
But bMy people do not know the judgment of the Lord.
8 “How can you say, ‘We are wise,
aAnd the law of the Lord is with us’?
Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood.
aAnd the law of the Lord is with us’?
Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood.
9 aThe wise men are ashamed,
They are dismayed and taken.
Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord;
So bwhat wisdom do they have?
They are dismayed and taken.
Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord;
So bwhat wisdom do they have?
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Commentaries:
John Wesley's Notes
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