Jeremiah 8:3-5

Revised Geneva Translation

³ “And death shall be desired rather than life by all the residue that remains of this wicked family, who remain in all the places where I have scattered them,” says the LORD of Hosts.’

⁴ “You shall also say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Shall they fall, and not arise? Shall he turn away and not turn again?

⁵ “Why has this people of Jerusalem backslid in a perpetual apostasy? They gave themselves to deceit and would not return.