וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הֲיִפְּל֖וּ וְלֹ֣א יָק֑וּמוּ אִם־יָשׁ֖וּב וְלֹ֥א יָשֽׁוּב׃
Tu leur diras: "Si l’on tombe, ne doit-on pas se relever? Si l’on se détourne, ne doit-on pas revenir?
Rashi
Cry and wail and do not rejoice over this, for it will be upon My people. And why? Because it is tested The matter is already tested and determined before Me that they will not repent properly. And what if even they disdain wood, it will not be And what if I wait longer? Even if they came to repent and to disdain idolatry, the matter would not last with them because they would hasten to revert to their wickedness. That is what is said in Jeremiah (8: 4): “if he repents, will he not return?”