Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.
Jeremiah in these verses makes a plea for Israel to return to God, a tacit admission that they had indeed turned away from him.  Furthermore, it is a heart-felt and sincere return that is required.  "Spreading out the hands is not enough by itself  (Isaiah 1:25)."[35]  It is one's heart that must be lifted up to God, not merely his hands.