Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Why then have the people of Jerusalem turned away and kept on turning away forever? They hold tightly to lies and refuse to come back.
God is questioning why His people in Jerusalem keep stubbornly turning away from Him and clinging to deception instead of returning to Him.
📚 Historical Context
Jeremiah was prophesying during the final decades before Jerusalem's destruction by Babylon (around 627-586 BC). The people of Judah had repeatedly turned to idol worship and broken their covenant with God despite His many warnings through the prophets. This verse comes during a time when God was calling His people to repentance, but they were persistently refusing to abandon their false beliefs and practices.
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