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So say

Yahweh is speaking to Jeremiah.

to them

"to the people of Judah"

Does anyone fall and not get up?

AT: "When someone falls, he gets back up." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes).

Does anyone get lost and not try to return?

AT: "When someone is lost, he tries to return to the right path."

Why has this people, Jerusalem, turned away in permanent faithlessness?

Yahweh uses this question to emphasize that the way that the people of Judah are acting does not make sense. AT: "It does not make sense that this people of Jerusalem have turned away in permanent faithlessness."

Jerusalem

The word "Jerusalem" refers to the people of Judah. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)

hold on to treachery

"continue to worship false gods" or "cling to lies"