“ Jeremiah, tell them,‘ The Lord says,“‘ “When people fall down, don’t they get up again? When someone turns away, don’t they come back?

你要对他们说，耶和华如此说：“人跌倒，不再起来吗？人转去，不再转来吗？

“你要对他们说，耶和华如此说：人跌倒，不再起来吗？人转去，不再转回来吗？

“你要对他们说，耶和华如此说：人跌倒，不再起来吗？人转去，不再转回来吗？

耶和华吩咐我对犹大人说：“人跌倒后难道不站起来吗？人走错了路难道不回头吗？

“你要对他们说：‘耶和华这样说：人跌倒了，不再起来吗？人偏离了，不再回转吗？

你要對他們說，耶和華如此說：人跌倒，不再起來嗎？人轉去，不再轉來嗎？

「你要對他們說，耶和華如此說：人跌倒，不再起來嗎？人轉去，不再轉回來嗎？

「你要對他們說，耶和華如此說：人跌倒，不再起來嗎？人轉去，不再轉回來嗎？

耶和華吩咐我對猶大人說：「人跌倒後難道不站起來嗎？人走錯了路難道不回頭嗎？

“你要對他們說：‘耶和華這樣說：人跌倒了，不再起來嗎？人偏離了，不再回轉嗎？

『你要對他們說：永恆主這麼說：人跌倒，不再起來麼？人轉去，不再轉回來麼？

又告之曰、耶和華云、人蹶、豈不復起乎、人去、豈不旋歸乎、

耶和華使先知告民曰、豈有顛仆而不起、迷途而不歸乎。

爾又告之曰、主如是云、人仆不復起乎、人去不復歸乎、

“ Say to them,‘ This is what the Lord says:“‘ When people fall down, do they not get up? When someone turns away, do they not return?

“ You shall say to them, Thus says the Lord: When men fall, do they not rise again? If one turns away, does he not return?

“ Jeremiah, say to the people,‘ This is what the Lord says:“‘ When people fall down, don’t they get up again? When they discover they’re on the wrong road, don’t they turn back?

“ You are to say to them: This is what the LORD says: Do people fall and not get up again? If they turn away, do they not return?

“ You shall say to them,‘ This is what the Lord says:“ Do people fall and not get up? Does one turn away and not repent?

“ Moreover you shall say to them,‘ Thus says the Lord:“ Will they fall and not rise? Will one turn away and not return?

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

“ You are to say to them: This is what the Lord says: Do people fall and not get up again? If they turn away, do they not return?

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

The LORD said to me,“ Tell them,‘ The LORD says, Do people not get back up when they fall down? Do they not turn around when they go the wrong way?

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

Even if godly people fall down seven times, they always get up. But those who are evil trip and fall when trouble comes.

The people say,“ Come. Let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces. But he will heal us. He has wounded us. But he’ll bandage our wounds.

The people of Jerusalem say,“ Don’t laugh when we suffer, you enemies of ours! We have fallen. But we’ll get up. Even though we sit in the dark, the Lord will give us light.

The pride of Israel proves that they are guilty. But in spite of everything, they don’t return to the Lord their God. They don’t go to him for help.

Israel, return to the Lord your God. Your sins have destroyed you!

“ The people of Israel have fallen. They will never get up again. They are deserted in their own land. No one can lift them up.”

“ You have not been faithful,” says the Lord.“ Return to me. I will heal you. Then you will not turn away from me anymore.”“ Yes,” the people say.“ We will come to you. You are the Lord our God.

Let those who are evil stop doing evil things. And let them quit thinking evil thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord. The Lord will show them his tender love. Let them turn to our God. He is always ready to forgive.

When sinful people die, it does not give me any joy,” announces the Lord and King.“ But when they turn away from their sins and live, that makes me very happy.

The people of Judah will hear about all the trouble I plan to bring on them. Maybe then each of them will turn from their evil ways. If they do, I will forgive their sins and the evil things they have done.”

I will sweep your sins away as if they were a cloud. I will blow them away as if they were the morning mist. Return to me. Then I will set you free.”

“ Suppose a man divorces his wife. What if she then marries another man? Should her first husband return to her again? If he does, won’t the land become completely‘ unclean’? People of Israel, you have lived like a prostitute. You have loved many other gods. So do you think you can return to me now?” announces the Lord.

“ If you, Israel, will return,” announces the Lord,“ then return to me. Put the statues of your gods out of my sight. I hate them. Stop going astray.

I have also seen something horrible among Jerusalem’s prophets. They are not faithful to me. They are not living by the truth. They strengthen the hands of those who do evil. So not one of them turns from their sinful ways. All of them are like the people of Sodom to me. They are just like the people of Gomorrah.”

But suppose one of your people prays to you. They ask you to help them. They are aware of how much their own heart is suffering. And they spread out their hands toward this temple to pray.