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When people act as described in Jeremiah 8:4, why are God’s own people alone an exception?
Slidden back ... backsliding – These are t…

Slidden back ... backsliding. —The English fails to give the full emphasis of the reiteration of the same word as in the previous …

Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
Why…

Though God had reminded His prophet of the event, He still invited the Jews to repentance. This was not because there was any hope of restoring the…

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a
perpetual backsliding ?
&c.] T…

What brought this ruin?

Here, the prophet shows their stubbornne and hardne in sin. For this reason, this section is distinct from everything that has come before it.
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes