Jeremiah 8:5
Why is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
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3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places where I have driven them, says the Yahuah of hosts.
4 Moreover you shall say unto them, Thus says the Yahuah; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
5 Why is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
6 I hearkened and heard, they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
7 yes, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Yahuah.