Jeremiah 16:1
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying,
In Context
2Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have thee sons and daughters in this place.
Cross References
Jeremiah 1:2The word of the Lord which came to him in the days of Josias the son of Amon king of Juda, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
Jeremiah 2:1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 16:1
In this chapter, I. The greatness of the calamity that was coming upon the Jewish nation is illustrated by prohibitions given to the prophet neither to set up a house of his own ( ver. 1-4 ) nor to go into the house of mourning ( ver. 5-7 ) nor into the house of feasting, ver. 8, 9 . II. God is justified in these severe proceedings against them by an account of their great wickedness, ver. 10-13 . III. An intimation is given of mercy in reserve, ver. 14, 15 . IV. Some hopes are given that the punishment of the sin… Read the whole commentary →