Jeremiah 16:2
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, nor haue sonnes nor daughters in this place.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 worde of the Lord came also vnto mee, saying,
Cross References
Jeremiah 29:6Take you wiues, and beget sonnes and daughters, and take wiues for your sonnes, and giue your daughters to husbands, that they may beare sonnes and daughters, that ye may bee increased there, and not diminished.
Luke 21:23But woe be to them that be with childe, and to them that giue sucke in those dayes: for there shalbe great distresse in this land, and wrath ouer this people.
1 Corinthians 7:26I suppose then this to bee good for the present necessitie: I meane 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 →