Jeremiah 8:5

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁵Why have these people turned away?
Why is Jerusalem always turning away?
They take hold of deceit;^(A)
they refuse to return.^(B)

Jeremiah 8:5

New International Version

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

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

New International Version (NIV)