Jeremias 8:3

3 E será escolhida antes a morte do que a vida por todos os que restarem desta raça maligna, que ficarem em todos os lugares onde os lancei, diz o senhor dos exércitos.

Jeremias 8:3 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 8:3

And death shall be chosen rather than life
By them that should be alive in those times, who would be carried captive into other lands, and be used very hardly, and suffer greatly, by the nations among whom they should dwell; see ( Revelation 9:6 ) . The Septuagint version, and those that follow it, make this to be a reason of the former, reading the words thus, "because they have chosen death rather than life"; see ( Deuteronomy 30:19 ) , but the other sense is best, which is confirmed by what follows: by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family;
the nation of the Jews, become very corrupt and degenerate; so the people of Israel are called the whole family of Israel, ( Amos 3:1 ) , now it is foretold, that those which remained of that people, who died not by famine, or were not slain by the sword, yet should be in such a miserable condition, as that death would be more eligible to them than life: even which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith
the Lord of hosts:
for, though they were carried captive by men, yet the thing was of the Lord, and a just punishment upon them for their sins.

Jeremias 8:3 In-Context

1 Naquele tempo, diz o Senhor, tirarão para fora das suas sepulturas os ossos dos reis de Judá, e os ossos dos seus príncipes, e os ossos dos sacerdotes, e os ossos dos profetas, e os ossos dos habitantes de Jerusalém;

2 e serão expostos ao sol, e � lua, e a todo o exército do céu, a quem eles amaram, e a quem serviram , e após quem andaram, e a quem buscaram, e a quem adoraram; não serão recolhidos nem sepultados; serão como esterco sobre a face da terra.

3 E será escolhida antes a morte do que a vida por todos os que restarem desta raça maligna, que ficarem em todos os lugares onde os lancei, diz o senhor dos exércitos.

4 Dize-lhes mais: Assim diz o Senhor: porventura cairão os homens, e não se levantarão? desviar-se-ão, e não voltarão?

5 Por que, pois, se desvia este povo de Jerusalém com uma apostasia contínua? ele retém o engano, recusa-se a voltar.