Jeremiah 8:5

New American Standard Bible

⁵Why has this people, Jerusalem,
^(A)Turned away in continual apostasy?
They ^(B)hold on to deceit,
They ^(C)refuse to return.

Jeremiah 8:5

New King James Version

⁵Why has this people ^(A)slidden back,
Jerusalem, in a perpetual backsliding?
^(B)They hold fast to deceit,
^(C)They refuse to return.

⁵Why then have these people turned away?
Why does Jerusalem always turn away?
They cling to deceit;^(A)
they refuse to return.^(B)

⁵Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

⁵Why then has this people ^(A)turned away
in perpetual ^(B)backsliding?
^(C)They hold fast to deceit;
they refuse to return.

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New King James Version (NKJV)

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