Jeremiah 8:3
Context8:3 However, I will leave some of these wicked people alive and banish them to other places. But wherever these people who survive may go, they will wish they had died rather than lived,” 1 says the Lord who rules over all. 2
Jeremiah 42:17
Context42:17 All the people who are determined to go and settle in Egypt will die from war, starvation, or disease. No one will survive or escape the disaster I will bring on them.’
Jeremiah 50:20
Context50:20 When that time comes,
no guilt will be found in Israel.
No sin will be found in Judah. 3
For I will forgive those of them I have allowed to survive. 4
I, the Lord, affirm it!’” 5
1 tn Heb “Death will be chosen rather than life by the remnant who are left from this wicked family in all the places where I have banished them.” The sentence is broken up and restructured to avoid possible confusion because of the complexity of the English to some modern readers. There appears to be an extra “those who are left” that was inadvertently copied from the preceding line. It is missing from one Hebrew
2 tn Heb “Yahweh of armies.”
sn For the significance of this title see the notes at 2:19 and 7:3.
3 tn Heb “In those days and at that time, oracle of the
4 sn Compare Jer 31:34 and 33:8.
5 tn Heb “Oracle of the