Jeremías 8:3

3 Y escogerá la muerte en lugar de la vida todo el remanente que quede de este linaje malvado, los que queden en todos los lugares adonde los he arrojadodeclara el SEÑOR de los ejércitos.

Jeremías 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.

Jeremías 8:3 In-Context

1 En aquel tiempodeclara el SEÑOR sacarán de sus tumbas los huesos de los reyes de Judá, los huesos de sus príncipes, los huesos de los sacerdotes, los huesos de los profetas y los huesos de los habitantes de Jerusalén;

2 y los esparcirán al sol, a la luna y a todo el ejército del cielo, a quienes amaron y sirvieron, y a quienes siguieron, a quienes buscaron y adoraron. No serán recogidos ni enterrados; serán como estiércol sobre la faz de la tierra.

3 Y escogerá la muerte en lugar de la vida todo el remanente que quede de este linaje malvado, los que queden en todos los lugares adonde los he arrojadodeclara el SEÑOR de los ejércitos.

4 Y les dirás: "Así dice el SEÑOR: "Los que caen ¿no se levantan? El que se desvía ¿no se arrepiente?

5 '¿Por qué entonces este pueblo, Jerusalén, se ha desviado en continua apostasía? Se aferran al engaño, rehúsan volver.