Jeremiah 16:7

וְלֹֽא ־ יִפְרְסוּ לָהֶם עַל ־ אֵבֶל לְנַחֲמוֹ עַל ־ מֵת וְלֹֽא ־ יַשְׁקוּ אוֹתָם כּוֹס תַּנְחוּמִים עַל ־ אָבִיו וְעַל ־ אִמּֽוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

In Context

6וּמֵתוּ גְדֹלִים וּקְטַנִּים בָּאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת לֹא יִקָּבֵרוּ וְלֹֽא ־ יִסְפְּדוּ לָהֶם וְלֹא יִתְגֹּדַד וְלֹא יִקָּרֵחַ לָהֶֽם ׃

8וּבֵית ־ מִשְׁתֶּה לֹא ־ תָבוֹא לָשֶׁבֶת אוֹתָם לֶאֱכֹל וְלִשְׁתּֽוֹת ׃ ס

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Cross References

Job 42:11וַיָּבֹאוּ אֵלָיו כָּל ־ אֶחָיו וְכָל ־ אחיתיו וְכָל ־ יֹדְעָיו לְפָנִים וַיֹּאכְלוּ עִמּוֹ לֶחֶם בְּבֵיתוֹ וַיָּנֻדוּ לוֹ וַיְנַחֲמוּ אֹתוֹ עַל כָּל ־ הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר ־ הֵבִיא יְהוָה עָלָיו וַיִּתְּנוּ ־ לוֹ אִישׁ קְשִׂיטָה אֶחָת וְאִישׁ נֶזֶם זָהָב אֶחָֽד ׃ ס

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 →

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