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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?
5 Why has this people aslidden back,
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. 
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. 
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. 
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? 
10 Therefore aI will give their wives to others,
And their fields to those who will inherit them;
Because from the least even to the greatest
Everyone is given to bcovetousness;
From the prophet even to the priest
Everyone deals falsely. 
11 For they have ahealed the hurt of the daughter of My people1 slightly,
Saying, b‘Peace, peace!’
When there is no peace. 
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Barnes' Notes
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Jeremiah 8:5

When men act as in Jeremiah 8:4, why is God' s own people alone an exception?

Slidden back ... backsliding - The same words as "turn" and "return" in Jeremiah 8:4. They should be rendered, "Why doth this people of Jerusalem turn away with a perpetual turning?"

Deceit - i. e., idolatry; because men worship in it that which is false, and it is false to the worshippers.

Refuse - From a feeling of dislike.


 
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