OET interlinear YIR (JER) 8:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Why has this people, Jerusalem, turned away in permanent faithlessness?

(Some words not found in UHB: why turned_away the,people the=this Yerushalayim apostasy perpetual hold_fast on,deceitfulness refuse to,return )

Yahweh is saying that the way the people of Judah are acting does not make sense. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: [It does not make sense that this people, Jerusalem, has turned away in permanent faithlessness.]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

(Occurrence 0) Jerusalem

(Some words not found in UHB: why turned_away the,people the=this Yerushalayim apostasy perpetual hold_fast on,deceitfulness refuse to,return )

The word “Jerusalem” here is a synecdoche for all the people of Judah. Alternate translation: [Judah]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) hold on to treachery

(Some words not found in UHB: why turned_away the,people the=this Yerushalayim apostasy perpetual hold_fast on,deceitfulness refuse to,return )

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

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

(Occurrence 0) They hold on to treachery

(Some words not found in UHB: why turned_away the,people the=this Yerushalayim apostasy perpetual hold_fast on,deceitfulness refuse to,return )

Here, treachery is spoken of as if it were a physical object that a person could hold on to. If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word treachery, you can express the same idea with the verb “deceive.” Holding on to something is a metaphor for loving. Alternate translation: [They refuse to turn away from what deceives them] or [They love the people who deceive them] (See also: figs-metaphor)