Jeremiah 8:3

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

King James Version
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Other Translations for Jeremiah 8:3

BSB
And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life," declares the LORD of Hosts.
AKJV
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, said the LORD of hosts.
CPDV
And they will greatly prefer death to life: all those who will have been left from this wicked kindred, in all the forsaken places to which I will cast them out, says the Lord of hosts.
ERV
And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
NHEB
Death shall 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 hosts.
SMT
And death was chosen above life to all the remnant of those being left from this evil family, in all the places being left where I cast them out there, says Jehovah of armies.

Commentary for Jeremiah 8:3

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Overview of Jeremiah 8:3
Summary
Survivors prefer death to life amid judgmental scattering
Place
Scattered lands
Event
Survivors desire death over survival
Estimated Time Period
c. 600 BC
Category
Judgment