Focused Passage

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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5 Indeed, 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.

7 No 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.

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

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

Original words

Indeed כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction this is what כֹ֣ה׀ H3541 Adverb the LORD יְהוָ֗ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular says אָמַ֣ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Do not אַל־ H408 Adverb enter תָּבוֹא֙ H935 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular a house בֵּ֣ית H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct [where there is] a funeral meal מַרְזֵ֔חַ H4798 Noun - masculine singular Do not וְאַל־ H408 Conjunctive waw | Adverb go תֵּלֵ֣ךְ H1980 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular to mourn לִסְפּ֔וֹד H5594 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct . . . וְאַל־ H408 Conjunctive waw | Adverb or show sympathy תָּנֹ֖ד H5110 Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular for כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction I have removed אָסַ֨פְתִּי H622 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker from מֵאֵ֨ת H854 Preposition-m | Direct object marker this הַזֶּה֙ H2088 Article | Pronoun - masculine singular people הָעָ֤ם־ H5971 Article | Noun - masculine singular My peace שְׁלוֹמִ֜י H7965 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular My loving devotion הַחֶ֖סֶד H2617 Article | Noun - masculine singular and וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker My compassion הָֽרַחֲמִֽים׃ H7356 Article | Noun - masculine plural declares נְאֻם־ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the LORD יְהוָ֔ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular אֶת־ אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker

Verse 6

Cross-references

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

Original words

Both great גְדֹלִ֧ים H1419 Adjective - masculine plural and small וּקְטַנִּ֛ים H6996 Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural will die וּמֵ֨תוּ H4191 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural in this הַזֹּ֖את H2063 Article | Pronoun - feminine singular land בָּאָ֥רֶץ H776 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular They will not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle be buried יִקָּבֵ֑רוּ H6912 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural [or] וְלֹֽא־ H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle mourned יִסְפְּד֣וּ H5594 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural . . . לָהֶ֔ם Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural nor וְלֹ֣א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle will anyone cut himself יִתְגֹּדַ֔ד H1413 Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular . . . וְלֹ֥א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle or shave his head יִקָּרֵ֖חַ H7139 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular for them לָהֶֽם׃ Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural

Verse 7

Cross-references

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

Original words

No food וְלֹֽא־ H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle will be offered יִפְרְס֥וּ H6536 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural עַל־ עַל־ H5921 Preposition to comfort לְנַחֲמ֣וֹ H5162 Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular those who mourn אֵ֖בֶל H60 Noun - masculine singular . . . עַל־ H5921 Preposition the dead מֵ֑ת H4191 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular not even וְלֹֽא־ H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle a cup כּ֣וֹס H3563 Noun - feminine singular construct of consolation תַּנְחוּמִ֔ים H8575 Noun - masculine plural will be given יַשְׁק֤וּ H8248 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural - אוֹתָם֙ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine plural for עַל־ H5921 Preposition the loss of a father אָבִ֖יו H1 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular . . . וְעַל־ H5921 Conjunctive waw | Preposition or mother אִמּֽוֹ׃ H517 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Verse 8

Cross-references

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

Original words

You must not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle enter תָב֖וֹא H935 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular a house וּבֵית־ H1004 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct where there is feasting מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה H4960 Noun - masculine singular and sit down לָשֶׁ֣בֶת H3427 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct with them אוֹתָ֑ם H854 Preposition | third person masculine plural to eat לֶאֱכֹ֖ל H398 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct and drink וְלִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃ס H8354 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct

Verse 9

Cross-references

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

Original words

For כִּי֩ H3588 Conjunction this is what כֹ֨ה H3541 Adverb the LORD יְהוָ֤ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular of Hosts צְבָאוֹת֙ H6635 Noun - common plural the God אֱלֹהֵ֣י H430 Noun - masculine plural construct of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular . . . הִנְנִ֨י H2005 Interjection | first person common singular says אָמַ֜ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular I am going to remove מַשְׁבִּ֜ית H7673 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular from מִן־ H4480 Preposition this הַזֶּ֛ה H2088 Article | Pronoun - masculine singular place הַמָּק֥וֹם H4725 Article | Noun - masculine singular before your very eyes לְעֵינֵיכֶ֖ם H5869 Preposition-l | Noun - cdc | second person masculine plural and in your days וּבִֽימֵיכֶ֑ם H3117 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural the sounds ק֤וֹל H6963 Noun - masculine singular construct of joy שָׂשׂוֹן֙ H8342 Noun - masculine singular and gladness שִׂמְחָ֔ה H8057 Noun - feminine singular . . . ק֥וֹל H6963 Noun - masculine singular construct the voices וְק֣וֹל H6963 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct . . . וְק֥וֹל H6963 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct of the bride כַּלָּֽה׃ H3618 Noun - feminine singular and bridegroom חָתָ֖ן H2860 Noun - masculine singular

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