Jeremiah 16:2
“Do not take a wife for yourself, and do not have sons or daughters for yourself in this place.
Unlocked Literal 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
1Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Cross References
Jeremiah 29:6Take wives and give birth to sons and daughters. Then take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands. Let them give birth to sons and daughters and increase there so you do not become too few.
Luke 21:23Woe to them who are pregnant and to them who are nursing in those days! For there will be great distress upon the land, and wrath to this people.
1 Corinthians 7:26Therefore, I think that because of the disaster that is coming, it is good 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 →