Jeremiah 16:1

Good News Translation

Again the Lord spoke to me and said,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to me:

Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD came also to me, saying,

King James Version
The word of the Lord came also unto me, saying,

English Standard Version
The word of the Lord came to me:

New American Standard Bible
The word of the LORD also came to me, saying,

New Century Version
Then the Lord spoke his word to me:

Amplified Bible
The word of the LORD also came to me, saying,

World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came also to me, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
The worde of the Lorde came also vnto mee, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
The word of Yahweh also came to me saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me:

Contemporary English Version
The Lord said to me:

Complete Jewish Bible
This word of Adonai came to me:

Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord 's message came to me:

George Lamsa Translation
THE word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Literal Translation
The Word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Morouer, thus sayde the LORDE vnto me:

American Standard Version
The word of Jehovah came also unto me, saying,

Bible in Basic English
Then again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying:

King James Version (1611)
The word of the Lord came also vnto me, saying;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus sayde the Lorde vnto me:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt not take a wife, saith the Lord God of Israel:

English Revised Version
The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to me,

Update Bible Version
The word of Yahweh came also to me, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
The word of the LORD came also to me, saying,

New English Translation
The Lord said to me,

New King James Version
The word of the LORD also came to me, saying,

New Living Translation
The Lord gave me another message. He said,

New Life Bible
The Word of the Lord came to me, saying,

New Revised Standard
The word of the Lord came to me:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the word of Yahweh came unto me saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Revised Standard Version
The word of the LORD came to me:

Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

THE MESSAGE
God 's Message to me:

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The word of the LORD also came to me saying,

Contextual Overview

¹ Again the Lord spoke to me and said, ² "Do not marry or have children in a place like this. ³ I will tell you what is going to happen to the children who are born here and to their parents. ⁴ They will die of terrible diseases, and no one will mourn for them or bury them. Their bodies will lie like piles of manure on the ground. They will be killed in war or die of starvation, and their bodies will be food for the birds and the wild animals. ⁵ "You must not enter a house where there is mourning. Do not grieve for anyone. I will no longer bless my people with peace or show them love and mercy. ⁶ The rich and the poor will die in this land, but no one will bury them or mourn for them. Not one of you will gash yourself or shave your head to show your grief. ⁷ No one will eat or drink with anyone to offer comfort when a loved one dies. No one will show sympathy, not even for someone who has lost a father or mother. ⁸ "Do not enter a house where people are feasting. Do not sit down with them to eat and drink. ⁹ Listen to what I, the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, have to say. I will silence the sounds of joy and gladness and the happy sounds of wedding feasts. The people here will live to see this happen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The word: Jeremiah 1:2, Jeremiah 1:4, Jeremiah 2:1

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 47:5 - how

Cross-References

Genesis 11:30
Sarai was not able to have children.

Genesis 12:16
Because of her the king treated Abram well and gave him flocks of sheep and goats, cattle, donkeys, slaves, and camels.

Genesis 16:2
and so she said to Abram, "The Lord has kept me from having children. Why don't you sleep with my slave? Perhaps she can have a child for me." Abram agreed with what Sarai said.

Genesis 16:3
So she gave Hagar to him to be his concubine. (This happened after Abram had lived in Canaan for ten years.)

Genesis 16:9
He said, "Go back to her and be her slave."

Genesis 16:10
Then he said, "I will give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them.

Genesis 21:12
But God said to Abraham, "Don't be worried about the boy and your slave Hagar. Do whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that you will have the descendants I have promised.

Genesis 21:21
His mother got an Egyptian wife for him.

Genesis 25:21
Because Rebecca had no children, Isaac prayed to the Lord for her. The Lord answered his prayer, and Rebecca became pregnant.

Judges 13:2
At that time there was a man named Manoah from the town of Zorah. He was a member of the tribe of Dan. His wife had never been able to have children.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The word of the Lord came unto me, saying. The Targum is, the word of prophecy from the Lord: whether this is a new prophecy, or the former continued, is not certain; the latter seems probable. This introduction is omitted in the Septuagint and Arabic versions.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In this prophecy Jeremiah 16:1-18, the punishment of the people is set forth in even sterner terms than in the last. The whole land is likened to a desert covered with the bodies of the dead, who lie unbemoaned and uncared for; and the prophet himself is commanded to abstain from the common usages of mankind that his motto of life, as well as his words, may warn the people of the greatness of the approaching calamity. There is, however, to be finally a return from exile, but only after the idolatry of the nation has been severely punished. The prophecy was probably written about the close of Jehoiakim’s reign.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XVI

On account of the evils which threatened his country, the

prophet is forbidden to encumber himself with a wife and

family, or to bear any share in the little joys and sorrows of

his neighbours, which were to be forgotten and absorbed in

those public calamities, 1-9,

which their sins should draw on them, 10-13.

A future restoration however is intimated, 14, 15,

after these calamities should be endured, 16-18;

and the conversion of the Gentiles is foretold, 19-21.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVI

Verse Jeremiah 16:1. The word of the Lord came also unto me — This discourse Dahler supposes to have been delivered some time in the reign of Jehoiakim.