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Jeremiah 8:3

Judgment

1 “At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves.

2 They 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.

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

4 So 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?

5 Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And they will choose and death over life for all the remant remaining of this evil family, those remaining in all the places where I have driven them!” A declaration of YHWH of Hosts.
ÅB
Og de skal velge å dø fremfor å leve, alle de som blir igjen av denne onde slekt, på alle de steder som jeg driver dem bort til, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.
OTB
Og døden skal velges fremfor livet av hele resten som er igjen av denne onde nasjonen, hvor enn jeg har drevet dem," erklærer Herren, hærskarenes Gud.
B1930
Og de skal velge å dø fremfor å leve, alle de som blir igjen av denne onde ætt, på alle de steder som jeg driver dem bort til, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

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Cross references

  • Revelation 9:6

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

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  • Jeremiah 29:14

    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 I sent you into exile.”

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  • Jeremiah 23:8

    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 once more in their own land.”

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  • Jeremiah 23:3

    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.

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  • Deuteronomy 30:4

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

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  • Job 7:15–16

    so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.

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  • Deuteronomy 30:1

    “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,

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  • Jonah 4:3

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

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