Jeremiah 16:2

Thou dost not take to thee a wife, Nor hast thou sons and daughters in this place.

Young's Literal Translation

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 there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

3For thus said Jehovah, Of the sons and of the daughters who are born in this place, And of their mothers — those bearing them, And of their fathers — those begetting them in this land:

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Cross References

Jeremiah 29:6Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take for your sons wives, and your daughters give to husbands, and they bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and ye are not few;

Luke 21:23'And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; for there shall be great distress on the land, and wrath on this people;

1 Corinthians 7:26I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man that the matter be thus: —

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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