Jeremiah 8:3

English Standard Version

3 Death shall be preferred to life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family in all the places where I have driven them, declares the Lord of hosts. (Job 3:21; Job 7:15; Jer 23:3; Jer 23:8; Jer 29:14; Jer 29:18; Jer 32:37; Da 9:7; Re 9:6) 

New International Version

3 Wherever I banish them, all the survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life, declares the Lord Almighty.” 

New International Reader’s Version

3 Everyone left alive in this evil nation will want to die rather than live. That is what they will long for in the lands where I force them to go.’ The LORD who rules over all announces this. 

King James Version

3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts. 

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