Jeremiah 16:2
Take thee not a wife; Have no sons or daughters in this place!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
In Context
1The word of Jehovah came to me, saying:
Cross References
Jeremiah 29:6Take ye wives, and have sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and increase ye there, and be not diminished.
Luke 21:23But woe to the women with child, and to those having children at the breast, in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people;
1 Corinthians 7:26I think, then, that it is well, on account of the impending distress, for a man to remain 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 →