The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 8:5

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Slidden back … backsliding. The verb is the same verb (in another conjugation) as in Jeremiah 8:4, and the noun is a derivative from it. The Authorized Version, therefore, has slightly weakened the force of the argument.

They hold fast deceit. They cling to a false view of their relation to their God (comp. Jeremiah 4:2; Jeremiah 5:2).

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