Verse 3

And death{H4194} shall be chosen{H977} rather than life{H2416} by all the residue{H7611} that remain{H7604} of this evil{H7451} family,{H4940} that remain{H7604} in all the places{H4725} whither I have driven{H5080} them, saith{H5002} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}

Referenced Verses

  • Rev 9:6 : 6 And{G2532} in{G1722} those{G1565} days{G2250} men{G444} shall{G2212} seek{G2212} death,{G2288} and{G2532} shall{G2147} in no{G3756} wise find{G2147} it;{G846} and{G2532} they shall{G2147} desire{G1937} to die,{G599} and{G2532} death{G2288} fleeth from{G575} them.{G846}
  • Job 7:15-16 : 15 So that my soul{H5315} chooseth{H977} strangling,{H4267} And death{H4194} rather than [these] my bones.{H6106} 16 I loathe{H3988} [my life]; I would not live{H2421} alway:{H5769} Let me alone;{H2308} for my days{H3117} are vanity.{H1892}
  • Jer 23:3 : 3 And I will gather{H6908} the remnant{H7611} of my flock{H6629} out of all the countries{H776} whither I have driven{H5080} them, and will bring them again{H7725} to their folds;{H5116} and they shall be fruitful{H6509} and multiply.{H7235}
  • Jer 23:8 : 8 but, As Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} who brought up{H5927} and who led{H935} the seed{H2233} of the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} out of the north{H6828} country,{H776} and from all the countries{H776} whither I had driven{H5080} them. And they shall dwell{H3427} in their own land.{H127}
  • Jer 29:14 : 14 And I will be found{H4672} of you, saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} and I will turn again{H7725} your captivity,{H7622} and I will gather{H6908} you from all the nations,{H1471} and from all the places{H4725} whither I have driven{H5080} you, saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} and I will bring you again{H7725} unto the place{H4725} whence I caused you to be carried away captive.{H1540}
  • Deut 30:1 : 1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things{H1697} are come{H935} upon thee, the blessing{H1293} and the curse,{H7045} which I have set{H5414} before{H6440} thee, and thou shalt call{H7725} them to mind{H3824} among all the nations,{H1471} whither Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath driven{H5080} thee,
  • Deut 30:4 : 4 If [any of] thine outcasts{H5080} be in the uttermost{H7097} parts of heaven,{H8064} from thence will Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} gather{H6908} thee, and from thence will he fetch{H3947} thee:
  • Dan 9:7 : 7 O Lord,{H136} righteousness{H6666} belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion{H1322} of face,{H6440} as at this day;{H3117} to the men{H376} of Judah,{H3063} and to the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem,{H3389} and unto all Israel,{H3478} that are near,{H7138} and that are far off,{H7350} through all the countries{H776} whither thou hast driven{H5080} them, because of their trespass{H4604} that they have trespassed{H4603} against thee.
  • Jonah 4:3 : 3 Therefore now, O Jehovah,{H3068} take,{H3947} I beseech thee, my life{H5315} from me; for it is better{H2896} for me to die{H4194} than to live.{H2416}
  • Rev 6:16 : 16 and{G2532} they say{G3004} to the mountains{G3735} and{G2532} to the rocks,{G4073} Fall{G4098} on{G1909} us,{G2248} and{G2532} hide{G2928} us{G2248} from{G575} the face{G4383} of him that sitteth{G2521} on{G1909} the throne,{G2362} and{G2532} from{G575} the wrath{G3709} of the Lamb:{G721}
  • Jer 20:14-18 : 14 Cursed{H779} be the day{H3117} wherein I was born:{H3205} let not the day{H3117} wherein my mother{H517} bare{H3205} me be blessed.{H1288} 15 Cursed{H779} be the man{H376} who brought tidings{H1319} to my father,{H1} saying,{H559} A{H2145} man-child{H1121} is born{H3205} unto thee; making him very{H8055} glad.{H8055} 16 And let that man{H376} be as the cities{H5892} which Jehovah{H3068} overthrew,{H2015} and repented{H5162} not: and let him hear{H8085} a cry{H2201} in the morning,{H1242} and shouting{H8643} at noontime;{H6256} 17 because he slew{H4191} me not from the womb;{H7358} and so my mother{H517} would have been my grave,{H6913} and her womb{H7358} always{H5769} great.{H2030} 18 Wherefore came I forth{H3318} out of the womb{H7358} to see{H7200} labor{H5999} and sorrow,{H3015} that my days{H3117} should be consumed{H3615} with shame?{H1322}
  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 But he himself went{H1980} a day's{H3117} journey{H1870} into the wilderness,{H4057} and came{H935} and sat down{H3427} under a{H259} juniper-tree:{H7574} and he requested{H7592} for himself{H5315} that he might die,{H4191} and said,{H559} It is enough;{H7227} now, O Jehovah,{H3068} take away{H3947} my life;{H5315} for I am not better{H2896} than my fathers.{H1}
  • Job 3:20-22 : 20 Wherefore is light{H216} given{H5414} to him that is in misery,{H6001} And life{H2416} unto the bitter{H4751} in soul;{H5315} 21 Who long{H2442} for death,{H4194} but it cometh not, And dig{H2658} for it more than for hid treasures;{H4301} 22 Who rejoice{H8056} exceedingly,{H1524} And are glad,{H7797} when they can find{H4672} the grave?{H6913}
  • Jer 29:28 : 28 forasmuch as he hath sent{H7971} unto us in Babylon,{H894} saying,{H559} [The]{H1931} [captivity] is long:{H752} build{H1129} ye houses,{H1004} and dwell{H3427} in them; and plant{H5193} gardens,{H1593} and eat{H398} the fruit{H6529} of them?
  • Jer 32:36-37 : 36 And now therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} concerning this city,{H5892} whereof ye say,{H559} It is given{H5414} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} by the sword,{H2719} and by the famine,{H7458} and by the pestilence:{H1698} 37 Behold, I will gather them out{H6908} of all the countries,{H776} whither I have driven{H5080} them in mine anger,{H639} and in my wrath,{H2534} and in great{H1419} indignation;{H7110} and I will bring them again{H7725} unto this place,{H4725} and I will cause them to dwell{H3427} safely:{H983}
  • Jer 40:12 : 12 then all the Jews{H3064} returned out{H7725} of all places{H4725} whither they were driven,{H5080} and came{H935} to the land{H776} of Judah,{H3063} to Gedaliah,{H1436} unto Mizpah,{H4708} and gathered{H622} wine{H3196} and summer fruits{H7019} very{H3966} much.{H7235}