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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Jer 8:4
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · 1871
Jer 8:4 · Douay-Rheims
“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?”
On this verse:
“"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; Jer 4:1).”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.