Yēlìmǐshū 8:5

5 Zhè Yēlùsǎlĕng de mín , wèihé héng jiǔ bēi dào ne . tāmen shǒu déng guǐzhà , bù kĕn huí tóu .

Yēlìmǐshū 8:5 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 8:5

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a
perpetual backsliding?
&c.] These people fill into sin, and rise not again by repentance; they turn out of the good ways of God and religion, and return not again; they backslide and revolt from the Lord, and they continue in their revolt and rebellion; their backsliding is an everlasting one; there is no hope of their repentance and recovery: it is a vehement and passionate expostulation about the people of the Jews, founded upon the former general observation, showing them to be the worst of all people: it is a common saying, "it is a long lane that has no turning"; but these people, having departed from the Lord, return no more. A very learned man renders the words, "why does Jerusalem turn away this people with an obstinate aversion?" ^F2 that is, the rulers and governors of Jerusalem, as in ( Matthew 23:37 ) or rather thus, "why does a stubborn aversion turn away this people, O Jerusalem?" and so they are an address to the magistrates and inhabitants of Jerusalem. They hold fast deceit;
practise it, and continue in the practice of it, both with God and man: they refuse to return:
to the Lord, to his worship, and to the right ways of holiness and truth, from whence they had erred; see ( Jeremiah 5:3 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (txun hbvm Mlvwry hzh Meh hbbwv ewdm) "quare avertit hunc populum Hierosolyma aversione pertinaci? [vel] quare avertit populum hunc", O Jerusalem, "aversio pertinax?" De Dieu.

Yēlìmǐshū 8:5 In-Context

3 Bìngqiĕ zhè è zú suǒ shèngxia de mín zaì wǒ suǒ gǎn tāmen dào de ge chù , néngkĕ jiǎn sǐ bù jiǎn shēng . zhè shì wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá shuō de .

4 Nǐ yào duì tāmen shuō , Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , rén diēdǎo , bú zaì qǐlai ma . rén zhuǎn qù , bú zaì zhuǎn lái ma .

5 Zhè Yēlùsǎlĕng de mín , wèihé héng jiǔ bēi dào ne . tāmen shǒu déng guǐzhà , bù kĕn huí tóu .

6 Wǒ liú xīn tīng , tīngjian tāmen shuō bù zhèngzhí de huà . wú rén huǐgǎi è xíng , shuō , wǒ zuò de shì shénme ne . tāmen gèrén zhuǎn bēn jǐ lù , rú mǎ zhí chuǎng zhàn cháng .

7 Kōng zhōng de guàn niǎo zhīdào lái qù de déng qī . bānjiū yān zǐ yǔ bái hè yĕ shǒu hòu dāng lái de shí líng . wǒde bǎixìng què bú zhīdào Yēhéhuá de fǎ zé .