The perversity of falling and not rising: '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?"' This verse poses rhetorical questions suggesting that normal human behavior involves rising from falls and returning after turning away. The implication is that Israel's behavior is abnormal: they refuse to return to God as people naturally return from a fall. Theologically, this verse establishes that the people's refusal to repent violates even natural human patterns; their stubborn refusal to return is perverse.

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