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

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Dis-leur: Ainsi parle l'Eternel: Est-ce que l'on tombe sans se relever? Ou se détourne-t-on sans revenir?

KJV

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

Patristic reading

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  • Methodius

    De Resurrectione

    θεραπεύουσιν, ἀλλὰ τὸν πάσχοντα. 1 Dan. 12, 2. Symp. 9, 2 S. 116, 11 f. De res. II, 18, 3. 21, 2 – 6 Jerem. 8, 4 – 10 Luk. 16, 19 ff – 13 Weish. Sal. 3, 1–4 – 17 De res. I, 51, 5 – 9 vgl. Mt. 9, 12 (Mk. 2, 17. Luk. 5, 31) 1 ὀκλάσασα] ἁμαρτήσασα las schwerl. S (sŭgrěŠjŠisja vielm…
  • Pacian of Barcelona

    Three Letters to Sympronianus

    And what does the Lord say: "Does not one who falls get up, and the one who turns away come back?" (Jeremiah 8:4). What do those many examples of the Lord's arguments respond to? The woman who finds the lost coin and rejoices; the shepherd who brings back the wandering sheep; the…
  • Pacian of Barcelona

    Three Letters to Sympronianus

    he Lord mean when He says: "Doesn't the one who falls rise again, and the one who turns away return" Jeremiah 8:4? What do all those parables of the Lord mean? That the woman finds the lost coin and rejoices; that the shepherd brings back the wandering sheep; that the father lovi…

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