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Jeremiah 16:5-9

Jeremiah’s Sign-Life, Judah’s Exile, and the Nations’ Confession

The chapter moves from Jeremiah's commanded unmarried and childless sign-life, to the prohibition against mourning, to the prohibition against feasting, to the people's question about why disaster is coming, to the LORD's answer of ancestral and intensified sin, to the announcement of exile, to a future restoration greater than the Exodus, to the sending of fishermen and hunters to capture sinners, and finally to Jeremiah's confession of the LORD as strength and refuge and the nations' future confession that inherited idols are worthless.

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5Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal. Do not go to mourn or show sympathy, for I have removed from this people My peace, My loving devotion, and My compassion,” declares the LORD.

6“Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.

7No food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.

8You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink.

9For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.

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Verse 5

Cross-references

Ezekiel 24:16Classic cross-references Isaiah 27:11Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 31:17Classic cross-references Jeremiah 15:1Classic cross-references Ezekiel 7:11Classic cross-references

Original words

Indeedכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctionthis is whatכֹ֣ה׀H3541Adverbthe LORDיְהוָ֗הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularsaysאָמַ֣רH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularDo notאַל־H408Adverbenterתָּבוֹא֙H935Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singulara houseבֵּ֣יתH1004Noun - masculine singular construct[where there is] a funeral mealמַרְזֵ֔חַH4798Noun - masculine singularDo notוְאַל־H408Conjunctive waw | Adverbgoתֵּלֵ֣ךְH1980Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularto mournלִסְפּ֔וֹדH5594Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct. . .וְאַל־H408Conjunctive waw | Adverbor show sympathyתָּנֹ֖דH5110Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singularforכִּֽי־H3588ConjunctionI have removedאָסַ֨פְתִּיH622Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerfromמֵאֵ֨תH854Preposition-m | Direct object markerthisהַזֶּה֙H2088Article | Pronoun - masculine singularpeopleהָעָ֤ם־H5971Article | Noun - masculine singularMy peaceשְׁלוֹמִ֜יH7965Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularMy loving devotionהַחֶ֖סֶדH2617Article | Noun - masculine singularandוְאֶת־H853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markerMy compassionהָֽרַחֲמִֽים׃H7356Article | Noun - masculine pluraldeclaresנְאֻם־H5002Noun - masculine singular constructthe LORDיְהוָ֔הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularאֶת־אֶת־H853Direct object marker

Verse 6

Cross-references

Leviticus 19:28Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 14:1Classic cross-references Jeremiah 41:5Classic cross-references Jeremiah 47:5Classic cross-references 1 Kings 22:31Classic cross-references

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Both greatגְדֹלִ֧יםH1419Adjective - masculine pluraland smallוּקְטַנִּ֛יםH6996Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine pluralwill dieוּמֵ֨תוּH4191Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralin thisהַזֹּ֖אתH2063Article | Pronoun - feminine singularlandבָּאָ֥רֶץH776Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singularThey will notלֹ֣אH3808Adverb - Negative particlebe buriedיִקָּבֵ֑רוּH6912Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural[or]וְלֹֽא־H3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particlemournedיִסְפְּד֣וּH5594Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural. . .לָהֶ֔םPreposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine pluralnorוְלֹ֣אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particlewill anyone cut himselfיִתְגֹּדַ֔דH1413Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular. . .וְלֹ֥אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleor shave his headיִקָּרֵ֖חַH7139Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularfor themלָהֶֽם׃Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural

Verse 7

Cross-references

Ezekiel 24:17Classic cross-references Hosea 9:4Classic cross-references 2 Samuel 3:35Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 26:14Classic cross-references Joel 2:1Classic cross-references

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No foodוְלֹֽא־H3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particlewill be offeredיִפְרְס֥וּH6536Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralעַל־עַל־H5921Prepositionto comfortלְנַחֲמ֣וֹH5162Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singularthose who mournאֵ֖בֶלH60Noun - masculine singular. . .עַל־H5921Prepositionthe deadמֵ֑תH4191Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularnot evenוְלֹֽא־H3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particlea cupכּ֣וֹסH3563Noun - feminine singular constructof consolationתַּנְחוּמִ֔יםH8575Noun - masculine pluralwill be givenיַשְׁק֤וּH8248Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural-אוֹתָם֙H853Direct object marker | third person masculine pluralforעַל־H5921Prepositionthe loss of a fatherאָבִ֖יוH1Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular. . .וְעַל־H5921Conjunctive waw | Prepositionor motherאִמּֽוֹ׃H517Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Verse 8

Cross-references

Ecclesiastes 7:2Classic cross-references Jeremiah 15:17Classic cross-references Amos 6:4Classic cross-references Isaiah 22:12Classic cross-references 1 Corinthians 5:11Classic cross-references

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You must notלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particleenterתָב֖וֹאH935Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singulara houseוּבֵית־H1004Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructwhere there is feastingמִשְׁתֶּ֥הH4960Noun - masculine singularand sit downלָשֶׁ֣בֶתH3427Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructwith themאוֹתָ֑םH854Preposition | third person masculine pluralto eatלֶאֱכֹ֖לH398Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructand drinkוְלִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃סH8354Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct

Verse 9

Cross-references

Revelation 18:23Classic cross-references Ezekiel 12:25Classic cross-references Ezekiel 26:13Classic cross-references Hosea 2:11Classic cross-references Jeremiah 25:10Classic cross-references

Original words

Forכִּי֩H3588Conjunctionthis is whatכֹ֨הH3541Adverbthe LORDיְהוָ֤הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularof Hostsצְבָאוֹת֙H6635Noun - common pluralthe Godאֱלֹהֵ֣יH430Noun - masculine plural constructof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478Noun - proper - masculine singular. . .הִנְנִ֨יH2005Interjection | first person common singularsaysאָמַ֜רH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularI am going to removeמַשְׁבִּ֜יתH7673Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singularfromמִן־H4480Prepositionthisהַזֶּ֛הH2088Article | Pronoun - masculine singularplaceהַמָּק֥וֹםH4725Article | Noun - masculine singularbefore your very eyesלְעֵינֵיכֶ֖םH5869Preposition-l | Noun - cdc | second person masculine pluraland in your daysוּבִֽימֵיכֶ֑םH3117Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine pluralthe soundsק֤וֹלH6963Noun - masculine singular constructof joyשָׂשׂוֹן֙H8342Noun - masculine singularand gladnessשִׂמְחָ֔הH8057Noun - feminine singular. . .ק֥וֹלH6963Noun - masculine singular constructthe voicesוְק֣וֹלH6963Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct. . .וְק֥וֹלH6963Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructof the brideכַּלָּֽה׃H3618Noun - feminine singularand bridegroomחָתָ֖ןH2860Noun - masculine singular

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