Jeremiah 8:4 “So you are to tell them this is what the LORD says: “Do men fall and n…”

Jeremiah 8:4

So you are to tell them this is what the LORD says: “Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not return?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

“Moreover you shall tell them, ‘The LORD says: “‘Do men fall, and not rise up again? Does one turn away, and not return?

American Standard Version

Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall one turn away, and not return?

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou shalt say vnto them also, Thus sayeth the Lord, Shall they fall and not arise? shall he turne away and not turne againe?

Darby Translation

And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Do [men] fall, and not rise up? Doth one turn away, and not return?

Young's Literal Translation

And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah, Do they fall, and not rise? Doth he turn back, and not return?

Bible in Basic English

Further, you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Will those who are falling not be lifted up again? will he who has gone away not come back?

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Cross references

“Shall they”

Proverbs 24:16 Micah 7:8 Hosea 14:1 Amos 5:2

Proverbs 24:16 · BSB

For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.

Micah 7:8 · BSB

Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

Hosea 14:1 · BSB

Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.

Amos 5:2 · BSB

“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”

“turn”

Jeremiah 3:1 Isaiah 55:7 Hosea 6:1 Ezekiel 18:23 Hosea 7:10 Jeremiah 23:14

Jeremiah 3:1 · BSB

“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers— and you would return to Me?” decla…

Isaiah 55:7 · BSB

Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

Hosea 6:1 · BSB

Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

Ezekiel 18:23 · BSB

Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?

Hosea 7:10 · BSB

Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.

Jeremiah 23:14 · BSB

And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me;…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

5Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

Read Jeremiah 8