Charles Spurgeon Commentary Jeremiah 8:5

"Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return." — Jeremiah 8:5 (ASV)

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit; they refuse to return.

Perseverance in evil is the very venom of evil. When men not only backslide, but continue perpetually to backslide, they are doubly dyeing their garments in the scarlet of iniquity. When men "refuse to return" to the Lord, and continue to refuse to return, surely they are digging their own graves exceedingly deep.