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Jeremiah 16:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" For the LORD says concerning the sons and concerning the daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers who became their father in this land: "

Jeremiah 16:3

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1 Then the LORD’s word came to me, saying,

2 “You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.”

3 For the LORD says concerning the sons and concerning the daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers who became their father in this land:

4 “They will die grievous deaths. They will not be lamented, neither will they be buried. They will be as dung on the surface of the ground. They will be consumed by the sword and by famine. Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.”

5 For the LORD says, “Don’t enter into the house of mourning. Don’t go to lament. Don’t bemoan them, for I have taken away my peace from this people,” says the LORD, “even loving kindness and tender mercies.

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"Therefore the LORD says: ‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.’”"

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Jeremiah 16:1

"Then the LORD’s word came to me, saying,"

Jeremiah 16:2

"“You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.”"

Jeremiah 16:4

"“They will die grievous deaths. They will not be lamented, neither will they be buried. They will be as dung on the surface of the ground. They will be consumed by the sword and by famine. Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.”"

Jeremiah 16:5

"For the LORD says, “Don’t enter into the house of mourning. Don’t go to lament. Don’t bemoan them, for I have taken away my peace from this people,” says the LORD, “even loving kindness and tender mercies."

Jeremiah 16:6

"Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried. Men won’t lament for them, cut themselves, or make themselves bald for them."

Jeremiah 16:7

"Men won’t break bread for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead. Men won’t give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother."

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