the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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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.
"Jeremiah, you must not get married. You must not 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.
"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.
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
And Adam seide, The womman which thou yauest felowe to me, yaf me of the tre, and Y eet.
Sothely God seyde to Adam, For thou herdist the voys of thi wijf, and hast ete of the tree, of which Y comaundide to thee that thou schuldist not ete, the erthe schal be cursid in thi werk; in traueylis thou schalt ete therof in alle daies of thi lijf;
Therfor Sarai, wijf of Abram, hadde not gendrid fre children; but sche hadde a seruauntesse of Egipt, Agar bi name, and seide to hir hosebonde, Lo!
the Lord hath closid me, that Y schulde not bere child; entre thou to my seruauntesse, if in hap Y schal take children, nameli of hir. And whanne he assentide to hir preiynge, sche took Agar Egipcian,
And Abram entride to Agar; and Agar seiy that sche hadde conseyued, and sche dispiside hir ladi.
And Abram answerde and seide to hir, Lo! thi seruauntesse is in thin hond; vse thou hir as `it likith. Therfor for Sarai turmentide hir, sche fledde awei.
And the aungel of the Lord seide to hir, Turne thou ayen to thi ladi, and be thou mekid vndur hir hondis.
And eft he seide, Y multipliynge schal multiplie thi seed, and it schal not be noumbrid for multitude.
and Y schal blesse hir, and of hir I schal yyue to thee a sone, whom I schal blesse, and he schal be in to naciouns, and kyngis of puplis schulen be borun of hym.
To whom the Lord seide, Y schal turne ayen, and Y schal come to thee in this tyme, if Y lyue; and Sare, thi wijf, schal haue a sone. Whanne this was herd, Sare leiyede bihynde the dore of the tabernacle.
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.