the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Jeremiah 16:2
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“Do not marry or have sons or daughters in this place.
You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
"You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.
"You shall not take a wife for yourself nor have sons or daughters in this place."
"You must not get married or have sons or daughters in this place."
"You shall not take a wife or have sons and daughters in this place (Jerusalem)."
You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, nor haue sonnes nor daughters in this place.
"You shall not take a wife for yourself nor have sons or daughters in this place."
"You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place."
Jeremiah, don't get married and have children—Judah is no place to raise a family.
"You are not to marry or have sons and daughters in this place.
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, and thou shalt not have sons nor daughters in this place.
You shall not take a wife for yourself, neither shall you have sons or daughters in this place.
"Do not marry or have children in a place like this.
"You shall not take for yourself a wife, there shall not be for you sons and daughters in this place."
You shall not take a wife for yourself, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.
Thou shalt take ye no wife, ner beget children in this place.
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place.
You are not to take a wife for yourself or have sons or daughters in this place.
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou haue sonnes nor daughters in this place.
Thou shalt take thee no wife, nor beget children in this place.
and there shall be no son born to thee, nor daughter in this place.
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
and seide, Thou schalt not take a wijf, and sones and douytris schulen not be to thee in this place.
You shall not take for yourself a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons nor daughters in this place.
"Do not get married and do not have children here in this land.
"You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place."
"Do not get married or have children in this place.
"Do not get married or have sons or daughters in this place."
You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.
Thou shall not take to thee a wife, - Neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place.
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons and daughters in this place.
"You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.
Thou dost not take to thee a wife, Nor hast thou sons and daughters in this place.
"Jeremiah, don't get married. Don't raise a family here. I have signed the death warrant on all the children born in this country, the mothers who bear them and the fathers who beget them—an epidemic of death. Death unlamented, the dead unburied, dead bodies decomposing and stinking like dung, all the killed and starved corpses served up as meals for carrion crows and mongrel dogs!"
"You shall not take a wife for yourself nor have sons or daughters in this place."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Genesis 19:14, Matthew 24:19, Luke 21:23, Luke 23:29, 1 Corinthians 7:26, 1 Corinthians 7:27
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:32 - sons Jeremiah 29:6 - Take ye Lamentations 2:22 - those
Cross-References
The man said, "The woman you put here with me gave me fruit from that tree. So I ate it."
Then God said to the man, "I commanded you not to eat from that tree. But you listened to your wife and ate from it. So I will curse the ground because of you. You will have to work hard all your life for the food the ground produces.
Sarai was Abram's wife, but she did not have any children. She had an Egyptian slave named Hagar.
Sarai told Abram, "The Lord has not allowed me to have children, so sleep with my slave. Maybe she can have a son, and I will accept him as my own." Abram did what Sarai said.
Abram slept with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When Hagar realized this, she became very proud and began to feel that she was better than Sarai her owner.
But Abram said to Sarai, "She is your slave. You can do anything you want to her." So Sarai was cruel to Hagar, and Hagar ran away.
The angel of the Lord said to her, "Sarai is your owner. Go home to her and obey her."
The angel of the Lord also said, "From you will come many people—too many people to count."
I will bless her. I will give her a son, and you will be the father. She will be the mother of many new nations. Kings of nations will come from her."
Then one of them said, "I will come again in the spring. At that time your wife Sarah will have a son." Sarah was listening in the tent and heard these things.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thou shall not take thee a wife,.... Not because it was unlawful; for it was lawful for prophets to marry, and they did; but because it was not advisable, on account of the calamities and distresses which were coming upon the nation; which would be more bearable by him alone, than if he had a wife, which would increase his care, concern, and sorrow.
Neither shall thou have sons nor daughters in this place; in Anathoth, says Kimchi; but it is most likely that Jerusalem in particular is meant, though the whole land of Judea in general may be designed; and though nothing is more desirable than to have children to build up the family, and bear and continue a man's name for futurity, yet in times of public calamity these do but add to the affliction.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
As marriage was obligatory upon the Jews, the prohibition of it to Jeremiah was a sign that the impending calamity was so great as to override all ordinary duties. Jeremiah was unmarried, but the force of the sign lay in its being an exception to the ordinary practice of the prophets.
In this place - The whole of Judaea.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 16:2. Those shalt not take thee a wife — As it would be very inconvenient to have a family when the threatened desolations should come on the place. The reason is given in the following verses.