Jeremiah 8:3

God's Word

“Then the few who remain from these wicked people will want to die rather than live where I will scatter them,” declares the Lord of Armies.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

Then he traveled through the wilderness for a day. He sat down under a broom plant and wanted to die. “I’ve had enough now, Lord,” he said. “Take my life! I’m no better than my ancestors.”

Jeremiah 23:3

“Then I will gather the remaining part of my flock from all the countries where I chased them. I will bring them back to their pasture, and they will be fertile and increase in number.

Jeremiah 23:8

Instead, their oaths will be, ‘The Lord brought the descendants of the nation of Israel out of the land of the north and all the lands where he  had scattered them. As the Lord lives….’ At that time they will live in their own land.

Jeremiah 29:14

I will let you find me, declares the Lord. I will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I’ve scattered you, declares the Lord. I will bring you back from the place where you are being held captive.

Jeremiah 29:28

That’s why Jeremiah sent this message to us in Babylon: You will be captives a long time. Build houses, and live in them. Plant gardens, and eat what they produce.’ ”

Jeremiah 40:12

So all the Jews returned from all the places where they had been scattered. They came to Judah and to Gedaliah at Mizpah. They gathered a large harvest of grapes and summer fruit.

Jeremiah 44:2

This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disasters I brought on Jerusalem and on all the cities of Judah. Today they are deserted ruins.

Jeremiah 44:6

That is why my fury and anger were poured out and continued to burn in the cities of Judah and on the streets of Jerusalem. So they became the desolate ruin that they are today.

Jeremiah 6:9

This is what the Lord of Armies says: Thoroughly pick through the faithful few of Israel like someone picks through a grapevine. Like someone picking grapes, pass your hand over its branches again.

Daniel 9:7

You, Lord, are righteous. But we—the men of Judah, the citizens of Jerusalem, and all the Israelites whom you scattered in countries near and far—are still ashamed because we have been unfaithful to you.

Leviticus 26:33

I will scatter you among the nations. War will follow you. Your country will be in ruins. Your cities will be deserted.

Amos 3:1

Listen to this message which I, the Lord, have spoken against you Israelites, against your whole family that I brought out of Egypt.

Jonah 4:3

So now, Lord, take my life. I’d rather be dead than alive.”

Micah 2:3

So this is what the Lord says: I’m planning a disaster to punish your family. You won’t be able to rescue yourselves. You will no longer be able to walk proudly. This will be a time of disaster.

Deuteronomy 30:1

All these blessings and curses I have spoken about will happen to you. Take them to heart when you are among all the nations where the Lord your God will scatter you.

Deuteronomy 30:4

Even if you are scattered to the most distant country in the world, the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back from there.

Revelation 6:16

They said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the anger of the lamb,

Revelation 9:6

At that time people will look for death and never find it. They will long to die, but death will escape them.