³ And ^(A)death will be chosen rather than life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family, that remains in all the ^(B)places to which I have driven them,” declares the Lord of hosts.

¹¹ For as the waistband clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole household of Israel and the whole household of Judah ^(A)cling to Me,’ declares the Lord, ‘that they might be for Me a people, for ^[a](B)renown, for ^(C)praise and for glory; but they ^(D)did not listen.’