Jeremiah 16:2
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have thee sons and daughters in this place.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
In Context
1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Cross References
Jeremiah 29:6Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters: and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, and let them bear sons and daughters: and be ye multiplied there, and be not few in number.
Luke 21:23But woe to them that are with child, and give suck in those days; for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
1 Corinthians 7:26I think therefore that this is good for the present necessity, that it is good for a man so to be.
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 →