“Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.”
Human mortality is introduced: "You turn mortals back to dust, and say, 'Turn back, children of Adam.'" The divine decree transforms humans back to their material origin (dust). The address "children of Adam" invokes humanity's common ancestor and suggests the universality of the mortality decree.
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