Yēlìmǐshū 8:3

3 Bìngqiĕ zhè è zú suǒ shèngxia de mín zaì wǒ suǒ gǎn tāmen dào de ge chù , néngkĕ jiǎn sǐ bù jiǎn shēng . zhè shì wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá shuō de .

Yēlìmǐshū 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.

Yēlìmǐshū 8:3 In-Context

1 Yēhéhuá shuō , dào nàshí , rén bìjiāng Yóudà wáng de háigǔ hé tā shǒulǐng de háigǔ , jìsī de háigǔ , xiānzhī de háigǔ , bìng Yēlùsǎlĕng jūmín de háigǔ , dōu cóng fùnmù zhōng qǔ chūlai ,

2 Pāo sǎn zaì rìtou , yuèliang , hé tiān shang zhòng xīng zhī xià , jiù shì tāmen cóng qián suǒ xǐaì , suǒ shìfèng , suǒ suícóng , suǒ qiú wèn , suǒ jìngbaì de . zhèxie háigǔ bú zaì shōuliàn , bú zaì zàng mán , bì zaì dì miàn shang chéngwéi fèntǔ .

3 Bìngqiĕ zhè è zú suǒ shèngxia de mín zaì wǒ suǒ gǎn tāmen dào de ge chù , néngkĕ jiǎn sǐ bù jiǎn shēng . zhè shì wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá shuō de .

4 Nǐ yào duì tāmen shuō , Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , rén diēdǎo , bú zaì qǐlai ma . rén zhuǎn qù , bú zaì zhuǎn lái ma .

5 Zhè Yēlùsǎlĕng de mín , wèihé héng jiǔ bēi dào ne . tāmen shǒu déng guǐzhà , bù kĕn huí tóu .