Jeremiah 8:3

Jeremiah 8:3 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Wherever I banish them, all the survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life, declares the Lord Almighty.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)Death shall be preferred to life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family in all the places where I have driven them, declares the Lord of hosts.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of those who remain of this evil family, who remain in all the places where I have driven them,” says the Lord of hosts.

Context of Jeremiah 8:3

1“At that time”—it is a declaration of Adonai—“the bones of the kings of Judah and the bones of his princes, the bones of the kohanim and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem will be brought out of their graves. 2They will spread them out to the sun, the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, and after which they have walked and sought, and which they have worshipped. They will not be gathered or buried, but will be like dung on the face of the ground. So death will be chosen rather than life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family that remains in all the places to which I have driven them.” It is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot. 4Moreover you will say to them, thus says Adonai: “Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not return? 5Why then has this people—Jerusalem— turned away in perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

Jeremiah 8:3 word by word

וְנִבְחַ֥ר מָ֙וֶת֙ מֵֽחַיִּ֔ים לְכֹ֗ל הַשְּׁאֵרִית֙ הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֔ים מִן־הַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֥ה הָֽרָעָ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את בְּכָל־הַמְּקֹמ֤וֹת הַנִּשְׁאָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִדַּחְתִּ֣ים שָׁ֔ם נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
• shall be chosenבָּחַרbâchar · to chooseH977
• rather than lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416
• by all the residueשְׁאֵרִיתshe'êrîyth · remnantH7611
• of them that remainשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604
• of this evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• familyמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940
• in all the placesמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• whither I have drivenנָדַחnâdach · to banishH5080
• them, saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635

Cross-references for Jeremiah 8:3

• Jeremiah 20:14Cursed be the day I was born! The day that my mother bore me— may it never be blessed!
• 1 Kings 19:4But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom bush. He prayed that he might die. “It’s too much!” he said. “Now, Adonai, take my life! For I’m no better than my fathers.”
• Job 3:20Why is light given to one who suffers and life to the bitter of soul,
• Job 7:15so that my soul prefers strangulation, and my bones death.
• Jonah 4:3So please, Adonai, take my soul from me—because better is my death than my life.”
• Revelation 6:16And they tell 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.
• Revelation 9:6In those days, people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
• Jeremiah 23:3“I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them back to their folds, and they will be fruitful and multiply.
• Jeremiah 29:14Then I will be found by you,” says Adonai, “and I will return you from exile, and gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you,” says Adonai, “and I will bring you back to the place from which I removed you as captives into exile.”
• Jeremiah 32:36Now therefore thus says Adonai, the God of Israel, concerning this city, about which you say, “It is handed over to the king of Babylon by the sword, famine, and pestilence.
• Jeremiah 40:12then all the Jews returned out of all places where they had been driven, and came back to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruit in great abundance.
• Deuteronomy 30:1“Now when all these things come upon you—the blessing and the curse that I have set before you—and you take them to heart in all the nations where Adonai your God has banished you,
• Daniel 9:7“‘You Lord are righteousness, but shame covers our face to this day—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, near and far, in all the countries where you have banished them—because they behaved unfaithfully toward you.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 8:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3This evil family - The whole Jewish race. Which remain - The words are omitted by the Septuagint and Syriac versions.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3This message announced death for the people of Judah. It came true with the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. The survivors shall be still worse off than the dead (Job 3:21, 22; Re 9:6). which remain in all the places--"in all places of them that remain, whither I ... that is, in all places whither I have driven them that remain [Maurer].Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 8:3

• Backsliders
• Death

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings