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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"