Jeremiah 8:3-5

Good News Translation

³ And the people of this evil nation who survive, who live in the places where I have scattered them, will prefer to die rather than to go on living. I, the Lord Almighty, have spoken.”

Sin and Punishment

⁴ The Lord told me to say to his people, “When someone falls down, doesn't he get back up? If someone misses the road, doesn't he turn back? ⁵ Why then, my people, do you turn away from me without ever turning back? You cling to your idols and refuse to return to me.