Jeremiah 8:3 “And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family wil…”

Jeremiah 8:3

And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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 whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.

World English Bible

Death will be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I have driven them,” says the LORD of Armies.

American Standard Version

And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Geneva Bible 1599

And death shall bee desired rather then life of all the residue that remaineth of this wicked familie, which remaine in all the places where I haue scattered them, sayeth the Lord of hostes.

Darby Translation

And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, in all the places whither I have driven those that remain, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Young's Literal Translation

And chosen is death rather than life By all the remnant who are left of this evil family, In all the remaining places, whither I have driven them, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.

Bible in Basic English

And death will be desired more than life by the rest of this evil family who are still living in all the places where I have sent them away, says the Lord of armies.

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Cross references

“death”

Revelation 9:6 Jonah 4:3 Jeremiah 20:14–18 1 Kings 19:4 Job 3:20–22 Revelation 6:16

Revelation 9:6 · BSB

In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.

Jonah 4:3 · BSB

And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Jeremiah 20:14–18 · BSB

Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.

1 Kings 19:4 · BSB

while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

Job 3:20–22 · BSB

Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,

Revelation 6:16 · BSB

And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.

“in all”

Jeremiah 29:14 Jeremiah 23:3 Jeremiah 23:8 Deuteronomy 30:4 Deuteronomy 30:1 Daniel 9:7

Jeremiah 29:14 · BSB

I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which…

Jeremiah 23:3 · BSB

Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.

Jeremiah 23:8 · BSB

Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ Then they will dwell…

Deuteronomy 30:4 · BSB

Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there.

Deuteronomy 30:1 · BSB

“When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,

Daniel 9:7 · BSB

To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfait…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.

4So you are to tell them this is what the LORD says: “Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not return?

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