Jeremiah 8:3 - Catholic Public Domain Version

And they will greatly prefer death to life: all those who will have been left from this wicked kindred, in all the forsaken places to which I will cast them out, says the Lord of hosts.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of those who remain of this evil family (nation), who remain in all the places to which I have driven them, says the Lord of hosts.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

The survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life, wherever I have scattered them, declares the LORD of heavenly forces.