Jeremiah 8:5

King James Version

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

⁶Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.

⁶Your dwelling place is in the midst of deceit;
Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” says the Lord.

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