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Whyמַדּוּעַhas this people,הָעָם הַזֶּהJerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםturned waywardשׁוֹבְבָהin perpetualנִצַּחַתapostasy?מְשֻׁבָהThey hold fastהֶחֱזִיקוּto deceit;בַּתַּרְמִיתthey refuseמֵאֲנוּto return.לָשׁוּב
Jeremiah 8:5
Study it in the app“Why has this people, Jerusalem, turned wayward in perpetual apostasy? They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 8:5, word by word
- Whyמַדּוּעַmadua
why?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appears- has this peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- turned waywardשׁוֹבְבָהshovva
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shovva” appears- in perpetualנִצַּחַתnitsachat
perpetual
What continues always, without interruption.
Where else “nitsachat” appears- apostasyמְשֻׁבָהmeshuva
turning away, faithlessness
Turning away, going astray from the right path; also faithlessness or rebellion against God.
Where else “meshuva” appears- They hold fastהֶחֱזִיקוּhecheziku
seize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “hecheziku” appears- to deceitתַּרְמִיתtarmit
deceit
Deceit, cunning. In Judges 9:31 it is also read as the name of a place, "Tormah."
Where else “tarmit” appears- they refuseמֵאֲנוּmeanu
refuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “meanu” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
4And you will say to them, ‘Thus says YHWH: Do men fall and not rise up? If one turns away, does he not return?
5 · This verse (above)
6I have paid attention and listened, but they do not speak what is right; no man repents of his evil, saying, “What have I done?” Everyone turns in his course, like a horse rushing into battle.