Jeremiah 8:3-5

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

³ And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of those who remain of this evil family (nation), who remain in all the places to which I have driven them, says the Lord of hosts.

⁴ Moreover, you [Jeremiah] shall say to them, Thus says the Lord: Shall men fall and not rise up again? Shall one turn away [from God] and not repent and return [to Him]?

⁵ Why then is this people of Jerusalem turned away with a perpetual turning away [from Me]? They hold fast to ^[a]deceit (idolatry); they refuse to repent and return [to God].