Jeremiah 8:4

Therefore shalt thou say unto them—Thus, saith Yahweh, Will men fall and not arise? Will one turn away, and not come back?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The 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?

In Context

3Then shall, death, be chosen rather than life, by all the remnant of them that remain, of this wicked family,—in all the places, whither I have driven them, Declareth Yahweh of hosts.

5Wherefore hath this people of Jerusalem apostatized with an enduring apostacy,—Taken fast hold of deceit, Refused to come back?

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:38any prayer, any supplication which, any son of earth, may have, of all thy people Israel,—who will certainly know every man the plague of his own heart, and so he shall spread abroad his hands towards this house,

Isaiah 44:22O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me, I have wiped out, As with a thick cloud, thy transgressions, And as with a broad cloud, thy sins,—Return unto me, for I have redeemed thee.

Jeremiah 3:1He hath said, If a man send away his wife, and she go from him and become another man’s, will he return unto her, again? would not that land be, utterly defiled? And, thou, hast been unchaste with many neighbours, and yet [thinkest] to return unto me! Declareth Yahweh.

Jeremiah 4:1If thou wilt return, O Israel, Declareth Yahweh, Unto me, mayst thou return,—And if thou wilt remove thine abominations from before me, Then shalt thou not become a wanderer.

Jeremiah 36:3Peradventure, the house of Judah will hearken unto all the calamity, which I am devising to execute against them,—to the end they may return every man from his wicked way, whereupon I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin.

Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return unto Yahweh! for, he, hath torn, that he might heal us,—smitten, that he might bind us up.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 8:2-4

Indignities Threatened to the Dead. ( b. c. 606.) 1 At that time, saith the Lord , they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: 2 And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have… Read the whole commentary →

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