Jeremiah 8:4

New American Bible - revised edition

Tell them: Thus says the Lord: When someone falls, do they not rise again? if they turn away, do they not turn back?

Cross References

1 Kings 8:38

whatever prayer or petition any may make, any of your people Israel, who know heartfelt remorse and stretch out their hands toward this house,

Proverbs 24:16

Though the just fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble from only one mishap.

Isaiah 44:22

I have brushed away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like a mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake their way, and sinners their thoughts; Let them turn to the Lord to find mercy; to our God, who is generous in forgiving.

Jeremiah 23:14

But among Jerusalem’s prophets I saw something more shocking: Adultery, walking in deception, strengthening the power of the wicked, so that no one turns from evil; To me they are all like Sodom, its inhabitants like Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 3:1

If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and then becomes the wife of another, Can she return to the first? Would not this land be wholly defiled? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers, and yet you would return to me!—oracle of the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:22

Return, rebellious children! I will heal your rebellions. “Here we are! We belong to you, for you are the Lord, our God.

Jeremiah 36:3

Perhaps, if the house of Judah hears all the evil I have in mind to do to them, so that all of them turn from their evil way, then I can forgive their wickedness and their sin.

Jeremiah 4:1

If you return, Israel—oracle of the Lord— return to me. If you put your detestable things out of my sight, and do not stray,

Ezekiel 18:23

Do I find pleasure in the death of the wicked—oracle of the Lord God? Do I not rejoice when they turn from their evil way and live?

Hosea 14:1

Samaria has become guilty, for she has rebelled against her God. They shall fall by the sword, their infants shall be dashed to pieces, their pregnant women shall be ripped open.

Hosea 6:1

“Come, let us return to the Lord, For it is he who has torn, but he will heal us; he has struck down, but he will bind our wounds.

Hosea 7:10

The arrogance of Israel bears witness against him; yet they do not return to the Lord, their God, nor seek him, despite all this.

Amos 5:2

She is fallen, to rise no more, virgin Israel; She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.

Micah 7:8

Do not rejoice over me, my enemy! though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light.