THEOSISJeremiah 8:4Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord: Shall not he that falleth, rise again? and he that is turned away, shall he not turn again?
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הֲיִפְּל֖וּ וְלֹ֣א יָק֑וּמוּ אִם־יָשׁ֖וּב וְלֹ֥א יָשֽׁוּב׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 24:16For a just man shall fall seven times, and shall rise again: but the wicked shall fall down into evil.
- Mic 7:8Rejoice not, thou my enemy, over me, because I am fallen: I shall arise, when I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light.
- Hos 6:1In their affliction they will rise early to me: Come, and let us return to the Lord.
- Jer 3:1It is commonly said: If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and marry another man, shall he return to her any more? shall not that woman be polluted, and defiled? but thou hast prostituted thyself to many lovers: nevertheless return to me, saith the Lord, and I will receive thee.
- Isa 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unjust man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God: for he is bountiful to forgive.
- Ezek 18:23Is it my will that a sinner should die, saith the Lord God, and not that he should be converted from his ways, and live?
- Isa 44:22I have blotted out thy iniquities as a cloud, and thy sins as a mist: return to me, for I have redeemed thee.
- Hos 14:1Let Samaria perish, because she hath stirred up her God to bitterness: let them perish by the sword, let their little ones be dashed, and let the women with child be ripped up.