# General Information

The prophecy revealed to Jeremiah is recorded in 8:5-9:12. Despite covering more than one chapter, this should be seen as one unit. The ULB sets poetry (8:5-22) farther to the right than the rest of the text to show that it is poetry.

# Why has this people, Jerusalem, turned away in permanent apostasy?

"It does not make sense that this people, Jerusalem, has turned away in permanent apostasy."

# Jerusalem

"Judah"

# hold on to deceit

What the people of Judah were doing is spoken of as if they were clinging to deceit and would not let it go.

# They hold on to deceit

"They refuse to turn away from what deceives them" or "They love the people who deceive them"