3. And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the rest of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places where I have driven them,
4. Moreover you shall say unto them, Thus says the LORD; Shall they fall, and not rise? shall he turn away, and not return?
5. Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.