Jeremiah 16:2

You are not to take a wife for yourself or have sons or daughters in this place.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.

In Context

1Then again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

3For this is what the Lord has said about the sons and daughters who come to birth in this place, and about their mothers who have given them birth, and about their fathers who have given life to them in this land:

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Cross References

Jeremiah 29:6Take wives and have sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may have sons and daughters; and be increased in number there and do not become less.

Luke 21:23It will be hard for women who are with child, and for her with a baby at the breast, in those days. For great trouble will come on the land, and wrath on this people.

1 Corinthians 7:26In my opinion then, because of the present trouble, it is good for a man to keep as he is.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 16:2-10

Prohibitions Given to Jeremiah. ( b. c. 605.) 1 The word of the Lord came also unto me, saying, 2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place. 3 For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land; 4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung… Read the whole commentary →

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