jeremiah 8:4 Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?

jeremiah 8:4 "And you shall say to them, 'Thus says the LORD, "Do [men] fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not repent?

4. "Is it not a natural instinct, that if one falls, he rises again; if one turns away (that is, wanders from the way), he will return to the point from which he wandered? Why then does not Jerusalem do so?" He plays on the double sense of return; literal and metaphorical (Jer 3:12; 4:1).

jeremiah 8:4 "And you shall say to them, 'Thus says the LORD, "Do [men] fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not repent?

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