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THE MESSAGE
Jeremiah 16:2
"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!"
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Christian Standard Bible®
“Do not marry or have sons or daughters in this place.
“Do not marry or have sons or daughters in this place.
Hebrew Names Version
You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.
You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.
King James Version
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 have sons or daughters in this place.
English Standard Version
"You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.
"You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.
New American Standard Bible
"You shall not take a wife for yourself nor have sons or daughters in this place."
"You shall not take a wife for yourself nor have sons or daughters in this place."
New Century Version
"You must not get married or have sons or daughters in this place."
"You must not get married or have sons or daughters in this place."
Amplified Bible
"You shall not take a wife or have sons and daughters in this place (Jerusalem)."
"You shall not take a wife or have sons and daughters in this place (Jerusalem)."
World English Bible
You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.
You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, nor haue sonnes nor daughters in this place.
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, nor haue sonnes nor daughters in this place.
Legacy Standard Bible
"You shall not take a wife for yourself nor have sons or daughters in this place."
"You shall not take a wife for yourself nor have sons or daughters in this place."
Berean Standard Bible
"You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place."
"You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place."
Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah, don't get married and have children—Judah is no place to raise a family.
Jeremiah, don't get married and have children—Judah is no place to raise a family.
Complete Jewish Bible
"You are not to marry or have sons and daughters in this place.
"You are not to marry or have sons and daughters in this place.
Darby Translation
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, and thou shalt not have sons nor daughters in this place.
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, and thou shalt not have sons nor daughters in this place.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Jeremiah, you must not get married. You must not have sons or daughters in this place."
"Jeremiah, you must not get married. You must not have sons or daughters in this place."
George Lamsa Translation
You shall not take a wife for yourself, neither shall you have sons or daughters in this place.
You shall not take a wife for yourself, neither shall you have sons or daughters in this place.
Good News Translation
"Do not marry or have children in a place like this.
"Do not marry or have children in a place like this.
Lexham English Bible
"You shall not take for yourself a wife, there shall not be for you sons and daughters in this place."
"You shall not take for yourself a wife, there shall not be for you sons and daughters in this place."
Literal Translation
You shall not take a wife for yourself, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.
You shall not take a wife for yourself, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou shalt take ye no wife, ner beget children in this place.
Thou shalt take ye no wife, ner beget children in this place.
American Standard Version
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 have sons or daughters, in this place.
Bible in Basic English
You are not to take a wife for yourself or have sons or daughters in this place.
You are not to take a wife for yourself or have sons or daughters in this place.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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 have sons or daughters in this place.
King James Version (1611)
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou haue sonnes nor daughters in this place.
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou haue sonnes nor daughters in this place.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt take thee no wife, nor beget children in this place.
Thou shalt take thee no wife, nor beget children in this place.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and there shall be no son born to thee, nor daughter in this place.
and there shall be no son born to thee, nor daughter in this place.
English Revised Version
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 have sons or daughters in this place.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seide, Thou schalt not take a wijf, and sones and douytris schulen not be to thee in this place.
and seide, Thou schalt not take a wijf, and sones and douytris schulen not be to thee in this place.
Update Bible Version
You shall not take for yourself a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.
You shall not take for yourself a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons nor daughters in this place.
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons nor daughters in this place.
New English Translation
"Do not get married and do not have children here in this land.
"Do not get married and do not have children here in this land.
New King James Version
"You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place."
"You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place."
New Living Translation
"Do not get married or have children in this place.
"Do not get married or have children in this place.
New Life Bible
"Do not get married or have sons or daughters in this place."
"Do not get married or have sons or daughters in this place."
New Revised Standard
You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.
You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou shall not take to thee a wife, - Neither shalt thou 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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons and daughters in this place.
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons and daughters in this place.
Revised Standard Version
"You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.
"You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.
Young's Literal Translation
Thou dost not take to thee a wife, Nor hast thou sons and daughters in this place.
Thou dost not take to thee a wife, Nor hast thou sons and daughters in this place.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall not take a wife for yourself nor have sons or daughters in this place."
"You shall not take a wife for yourself nor have sons or daughters in this place."
Contextual Overview
1 God 's Message to me: 2"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!" 5 God continued: "Don't enter a house where there's mourning. Don't go to the funeral. Don't sympathize. I've quit caring about what happens to this people." God 's Decree. "No more loyal love on my part, no more compassion. The famous and obscure will die alike here, unlamented and unburied. No funerals will be conducted, no one will give them a second thought, no one will care, no one will say, ‘I'm sorry,' no one will so much as offer a cup of tea, not even for the mother or father. 8 "And if there happens to be a feast celebrated, don't go there either to enjoy the festivities." 9 God -of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel, says, "Watch this! I'm about to banish smiles and laughter from this place. No more brides and bridegrooms celebrating. And I'm doing it in your lifetime, before your very eyes.
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
Genesis 3:12
The Man said, "The Woman you gave me as a companion, she gave me fruit from the tree, and, yes, I ate it." God said to the Woman, "What is this that you've done?"
The Man said, "The Woman you gave me as a companion, she gave me fruit from the tree, and, yes, I ate it." God said to the Woman, "What is this that you've done?"
Genesis 3:17
He told the Man: "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree That I commanded you not to eat from, ‘Don't eat from this tree,' The very ground is cursed because of you; getting food from the ground Will be as painful as having babies is for your wife; you'll be working in pain all your life long. The ground will sprout thorns and weeds, you'll get your food the hard way, Planting and tilling and harvesting, sweating in the fields from dawn to dusk, Until you return to that ground yourself, dead and buried; you started out as dirt, you'll end up dirt."
He told the Man: "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree That I commanded you not to eat from, ‘Don't eat from this tree,' The very ground is cursed because of you; getting food from the ground Will be as painful as having babies is for your wife; you'll be working in pain all your life long. The ground will sprout thorns and weeds, you'll get your food the hard way, Planting and tilling and harvesting, sweating in the fields from dawn to dusk, Until you return to that ground yourself, dead and buried; you started out as dirt, you'll end up dirt."
Genesis 16:1
Sarai, Abram's wife, hadn't yet produced a child. She had an Egyptian maid named Hagar. Sarai said to Abram, " God has not seen fit to let me have a child. Sleep with my maid. Maybe I can get a family from her." Abram agreed to do what Sarai said.
Sarai, Abram's wife, hadn't yet produced a child. She had an Egyptian maid named Hagar. Sarai said to Abram, " God has not seen fit to let me have a child. Sleep with my maid. Maybe I can get a family from her." Abram agreed to do what Sarai said.
Genesis 16:6
"You decide," said Abram. "Your maid is your business." Sarai was abusive to Hagar and Hagar ran away.
"You decide," said Abram. "Your maid is your business." Sarai was abusive to Hagar and Hagar ran away.
Genesis 16:9
The angel of God said, "Go back to your mistress. Put up with her abuse." He continued, "I'm going to give you a big family, children past counting. From this pregnancy, you'll get a son: Name him Ishmael; for God heard you, God answered you. He'll be a bucking bronco of a man, a real fighter, fighting and being fought, Always stirring up trouble, always at odds with his family."
The angel of God said, "Go back to your mistress. Put up with her abuse." He continued, "I'm going to give you a big family, children past counting. From this pregnancy, you'll get a son: Name him Ishmael; for God heard you, God answered you. He'll be a bucking bronco of a man, a real fighter, fighting and being fought, Always stirring up trouble, always at odds with his family."
Genesis 18:10
One of them said, "I'm coming back about this time next year. When I arrive, your wife Sarah will have a son." Sarah was listening at the tent opening, just behind the man.
One of them said, "I'm coming back about this time next year. When I arrive, your wife Sarah will have a son." Sarah was listening at the tent opening, just behind the man.
Genesis 25:21
Isaac prayed hard to God for his wife because she was barren. God answered his prayer and Rebekah became pregnant. But the children tumbled and kicked inside her so much that she said, "If this is the way it's going to be, why go on living?" She went to God to find out what was going on. God told her, Two nations are in your womb, two peoples butting heads while still in your body. One people will overpower the other, and the older will serve the younger.
Isaac prayed hard to God for his wife because she was barren. God answered his prayer and Rebekah became pregnant. But the children tumbled and kicked inside her so much that she said, "If this is the way it's going to be, why go on living?" She went to God to find out what was going on. God told her, Two nations are in your womb, two peoples butting heads while still in your body. One people will overpower the other, and the older will serve the younger.
Genesis 30:6
Rachel said, "God took my side and vindicated me. He listened to me and gave me a son." She named him Dan (Vindication). Rachel's maid Bilhah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a second son. Rachel said, "I've been in an all-out fight with my sister—and I've won." So she named him Naphtali (Fight).
Rachel said, "God took my side and vindicated me. He listened to me and gave me a son." She named him Dan (Vindication). Rachel's maid Bilhah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a second son. Rachel said, "I've been in an all-out fight with my sister—and I've won." So she named him Naphtali (Fight).
Genesis 30:22
And then God remembered Rachel. God listened to her and opened her womb. She became pregnant and had a son. She said, "God has taken away my humiliation." She named him Joseph (Add), praying, "May God add yet another son to me."
And then God remembered Rachel. God listened to her and opened her womb. She became pregnant and had a son. She said, "God has taken away my humiliation." She named him Joseph (Add), praying, "May God add yet another son to me."
Ruth 4:11
All the people in the town square that day, backing up the elders, said, "Yes, we are witnesses. May God make this woman who is coming into your household like Rachel and Leah, the two women who built the family of Israel. May God make you a pillar in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem! With the children God gives you from this young woman, may your family rival the family of Perez, the son Tamar bore to Judah."
All the people in the town square that day, backing up the elders, said, "Yes, we are witnesses. May God make this woman who is coming into your household like Rachel and Leah, the two women who built the family of Israel. May God make you a pillar in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem! With the children God gives you from this young woman, may your family rival the family of Perez, the son Tamar bore to Judah."
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.
