Jeremías 8:3

3 En todos los lugares por donde yo disperse a los sobrevivientes de esta nación malvada, los que hayan quedado preferirán la muerte a la vida. Lo afirma el SEÑORTodopoderoso”.

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 tiempo —afirma el SEÑOR—, se exhumarán los huesos de los reyes y de los jefes de Judá, de los sacerdotes y de los profetas, y de los habitantes de Jerusalén.

2 Quedarán expuestos al sol y a la luna, y a todas las estrellas del cielo, cuerpos celestes a los que ellos amaron, sirvieron, consultaron y adoraron. No se les recogerá ni se les enterrará; ¡como estiércol quedarán sobre la faz de la tierra!

3 En todos los lugares por donde yo disperse a los sobrevivientes de esta nación malvada, los que hayan quedado preferirán la muerte a la vida. Lo afirma el SEÑORTodopoderoso”.

4 »Pero tú les advertirás que así dice el SEÑOR:»“Cuando los hombres caen,¿acaso no se levantan?Cuando uno se desvía,¿acaso no vuelve al camino?

5 ¿Por qué entonces este pueblo se ha desviado?¿Por qué persiste Jerusalén en su apostasía?Se aferran al engaño,y no quieren volver a mí.