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Barnes' Notes on Jeremiah 8:5

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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When men act as in Jeremiah 8:4, why is God’s own people alone an exception? Slidden back ... backsliding - The same words as “turn” and “return” in Jeremiah 8:4. They should be rendered, “Why doth this people of Jerusalem turn away with a perpetual turning?” Deceit - i. e., idolatry; because men worship in it that which is false, and it is false to the worshippers. Refuse - From a feeling of dislike. return to 'Top of Page'
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