Jeremiah 8:5
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 8
“Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.”Jeremiah 8:5
What Does Jeremiah 8:5 Mean?
Jeremiah 8:5 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 8, verse 5 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 8:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Jeremiah 9:6“Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.”Daniel 9:11“Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.”Hosea 11:7“And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.”Proverbs 14:14“The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.”Jeremiah 5:3“O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have 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.”Zechariah 7:11“But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.”Psalms 53:3“Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”Jeremiah 7:24“But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.”John 5:40“And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.”Hebrews 12:25“See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:”Isaiah 30:10“Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:”Isaiah 44:20“He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?”Jeremiah 2:19“Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.”Jeremiah 5:27“As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.”Ezekiel 5:6“And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.”Ezekiel 14:6“Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.”2 Thessalonians 2:9“Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,”Exodus 7:14“And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.”Isaiah 5:18“Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:”Jeremiah 8:19“Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?”
Study Jeremiah 8:5 in the ScriptureVerse app
Every verse in the app has a study sheet with its cross-references (OpenBible.info's 344,799) and commentary, and an AI Bible Teacher that shows the verses behind its answers. Coming to iPhone on February 10, 2027.
Join the waitlist