“You shall say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“Do people (A)fall and not get up?
Does one turn away and not [a]repent?
Why has this people, Jerusalem,
(B)Turned away in continual apostasy?
They (C)hold on to deceit,
They (D)refuse to return.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:4 Lit turn back

Sin and Punishment

“Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘When people fall down, do they not get up?(A)
    When someone turns away,(B) do they not return?
Why then have these people turned away?
    Why does Jerusalem always turn away?
They cling to deceit;(C)
    they refuse to return.(D)

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