Verse 3
Jeremiah 8:3
New Living Translation
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And the people of this evil nation who survive will wish to die rather than live where I will send them. I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/נִבְחַ֥ר מָ֨וֶת֙ מֵֽ/חַיִּ֔ים לְ/כֹ֗ל הַ/שְּׁאֵרִית֙ הַ/נִּשְׁאָרִ֔ים מִן הַ/מִּשְׁפָּחָ֥ה הָֽ/רָעָ֖ה הַ/זֹּ֑את בְּ/כָל הַ/מְּקֹמ֤וֹת הַ/נִּשְׁאָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִדַּחְתִּ֣י/ם שָׁ֔ם נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת
English Translation
"And I will choose death over life for all the remnant of the survivors from this evil family in all the places where I have driven them away, says the Lord of Hosts."
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 8 Context
1
“In that day,” says the LORD, “the enemy will break open the graves of the kings and officials of Ju...
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2
They will spread out their bones on the ground before the sun, moon, and stars — the gods my people...
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3
And the people of this evil nation who survive will wish to die rather than live where I will send t...
4
“Jeremiah, say to the people, ‘This is what the LORD says: “‘When people fall down, don’t they get u...
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5
Then why do these people stay on their self-destructive path?<br>Why do the people of Jerusalem refu...
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6
I listen to their conversations<br>and don’t hear a word of truth.<br>Is anyone sorry for doing wron...
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7
Even the stork that flies across the sky<br>knows the time of her migration,<br>as do the turtledove...
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8
“‘How can you say, “We are wise because we have the word of the LORD,”<br>when your teachers have tw...
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9
These wise teachers will fall<br>into the trap of their own foolishness,<br>for they have rejected t...
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10
I will give their wives to others<br>and their farms to strangers.<br>From the least to the greatest...
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11
They offer superficial treatments<br>for my people’s mortal wound.<br>They give assurances of peace<...
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12
Are they ashamed of these disgusting actions?<br>Not at all — they don’t even know how to blush!<br>...
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13
I will surely consume them.<br>There will be no more harvests of figs and grapes.<br>Their fruit tre...
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14
“Then the people will say,<br>‘Why should we wait here to die?<br>Come, let’s go to the fortified to...
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15
We hoped for peace, but no peace came.<br>We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.’<br...
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16
“The snorting of the enemies’ warhorses can be heard<br>all the way from the land of Dan in the nort...
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17
I will send these enemy troops among you<br>like poisonous snakes you cannot charm.<br>They will bit...
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18
My grief is beyond healing;<br>my heart is broken.<br>
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19
Listen to the weeping of my people;<br>it can be heard all across the land.<br>“Has the LORD abandon...
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20
“The harvest is finished,<br>and the summer is gone,” the people cry,<br>“yet we are not saved!”<br>
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21
I hurt with the hurt of my people.<br>I mourn and am overcome with grief.<br>
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22
Is there no medicine in Gilead?<br>Is there no physician there?<br>Why is there no healing<br>for th...
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