Jeremías 8:5

5 ¿Por qué entonces este pueblo se ha desviado?¿Por qué persiste Jerusalén en su apostasía?Se aferran al engaño,y no quieren volver a mí.

Jeremías 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.

Jeremías 8:5 In-Context

3 En todos los lugares por donde yo disperse a los sobrevivientes de esta nación malvada, los que hayan quedado preferirán la muerte a la vida. Lo afirma el SEÑORTodopoderoso”.

4 »Pero tú les advertirás que así dice el SEÑOR:»“Cuando los hombres caen,¿acaso no se levantan?Cuando uno se desvía,¿acaso no vuelve al camino?

5 ¿Por qué entonces este pueblo se ha desviado?¿Por qué persiste Jerusalén en su apostasía?Se aferran al engaño,y no quieren volver a mí.

6 He escuchado con suma atención,para ver si alguien habla con rectitud,pero nadie se arrepiente de su maldad;nadie reconoce el mal que ha hecho.Todos siguen su loca carrera,como caballos desbocados en combate.

7 Aun la cigüeña en el cieloconoce sus estaciones;la tórtola, la golondrina y la grullasaben cuándo deben emigrar.Pero mi pueblo no conocelas leyes del SEÑOR.