Jeremiah 8:3-5

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³Death shall be preferred to life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family in all the places where I have driven them, says the Lord of hosts.

The Blind Perversity of the Whole Nation

⁴“You shall say to them, Thus says the Lord:
When men fall, do they not rise again?
    If one turns away, does he not return?
⁵Why then has this people turned away
    in perpetual backsliding?
They hold fast to deceit,
    they refuse to return.

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