Jeremiah 8:3 Cross References - Coverdale

³ And all they that remayne of this wicked generacion, shal desyre rather to dye the to lyue: where so euer they remayne, & where as I scatre them, saieth the LORDE of hoostes.

¹ Now whan all this commeth vpon the, whether it be the blessinge or ye curse which I haue layed before the, and thou goest in to thine hert, beynge amoge the Heithen, whither the LORDE thy God hath thrust the,

⁴ And though thou werest thrust out vnto the vttemost partes of the heauen, yet shall the LORDE thy God gather the from thence, and from thece shal he fetch the,

⁴ But he him selfe wente a daies iourney in to ye wyldernes, & came in, & sat him downe vnder a Iuniper tre, & wy?shed vnto his soule yt he mighte dye, & sayde: It is now ynough LORDE, take my soule, for I am no better then my fathers.

²⁰ Wherfore is the light geuen, to him that is in mysery? and life vnto them, that haue heuy hertes? ²¹ (Which longe for death, and it commeth not: for yf they might fynde their graue, ²² they wolde be maruelous glad, as those that dygge vp treasure)

¹⁵ that my soule wyssheth rather to be hanged, and my bones to be deed. ¹⁶ I can se no remedy, I shall lyue nomore: O spare me then, for my dayes are but vayne

¹⁴ Cursed be the daye, wherein I was borne: vnhappie be ye daye, where in my mother brought me forth. ¹⁵ Cursed be the man, that brought my father the tidinges, to make him glad, sayenge: thou hast gotten a sonne. ¹⁶ Let it happen vnto that man, as to the cities which ye LORDE turned vpside downe (when he had longe herde the wicked rumoure of them) ¹⁷ because he slewe me not, as soone as I came out off my mothers wombe, and because my mother was not my graue hirselff, that the byrth might not haue come out, but remayned still in her. ¹⁸ Wherfore came I forth off my mothers wombe? To haue experience of laboure and sorowe? and to lede my life with shame?

³ And will gather together the remnaunt of my flocke, from all londes that I had dryuen them vnto, and will bringe them agayne to their pastures, that they maye growe and increace.

⁸ But the LORDE lyueth, which brought forth, ad led the sede of the house off Israel, out off the north londe, and from all countrees where I had scatred them, and they shal dwell in their owne londe agayne.

¹⁴ I will be founde of you (saieth the LORDE) and will delyuer you out of preson, & gather you together agayne out of all places, where in I haue scatred you, saieth the LORDE: and wil bringe you agayne to the same place, from whence I caused you be caried awaye captyue.

²⁸ And beside all this, he hath sent vs worde vnto Babilon, and tolde vs planely, that oure captiuyte shal longe endure: that we shulde buylde vs houses to dwell therin, & to plante vs gardens, that we might enioye the frutes therof.

³⁶ Morouer thus hath the LORDE God of Israel spoken, concernynge this cite, which (as ye youre selues confesse) shalbe delyuered in to the honde of the kinge of Babilon, when it is wonne with the swerde, with honger and with pestilence. ³⁷ Beholde, I will gather them together from all londes, wherin I haue scatred them in my wrath, in my fearfull and greate displeasure: and will bringe them agayne vnto this place, where they shal dwell safely.

¹² All the Iewes (I saye) returned out off all places where they were fled vnto: & came in to the lode of Iuda to Godolias vnto Masphat, & gathered wyne and other frutes, and that very moch.

⁷ O LORDE, rightuousnesse belongeth vnto the, vnto vs pertayneth nothynge but open shame: as it is come to passe this daye vnto euery man of Iuda, and to them that dwell at Ierusalem: Yee vnto all Israel, whether they be farre or nye: thorow out all londes, wherin thou hast strowed them, because of the offences that they had done agaynst the.

³ And now o LORDE, take my life fro me (I beseke the) for I had rather dye then lyue.

¹⁶ and sayde to the hylles, and rockes: fall on vs, and hyde vs from the presence of him that sytteth on the seate, and from the wrath of the lambe,

⁶ And in those dayes shal me seke deeth, and shal not fynde it: and shal desyre to dye, and death shal flye from them.