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Jeremiah 16:1

The word of Yahweh came also to me, saying,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Prophecy;   Prophets;   Scofield Reference Index - Jeremiah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Idolatry;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Holy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Gods;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jeremiah (2);  

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,
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,
Good News Translation
Again the Lord spoke to me and said,
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 The word of Yahweh came also to me, saying, 2 You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place. 3 For thus says Yahweh concerning the sons and concerning the daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers who became the father of them in this land: 4 They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung on the surface of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth. 5 For thus says Yahweh, Don't enter into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, says Yahweh, even lovingkindness and tender mercies. 6 Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them; 7 neither shall men break [bread] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. 8 You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink. 9 For thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.

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 barren. She had no child.
Genesis 12:16
He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.
Genesis 16:2
Sarai said to Abram," See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain children by her." Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
Genesis 16:3
Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
Genesis 16:9
The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands."
Genesis 16:10
The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude."
Genesis 21:12
God said to Abraham, "Don't let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For from Isaac will your seed be called.
Genesis 21:21
He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
Genesis 25:21
Isaac entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren. Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Judges 13:2
There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and didn't bear.

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.


 
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