Jeremiah 16:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.

Jeremiah 16:2 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 23:29
For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
Genesis 19:14
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
Luke 21:23
But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
1 Corinthians 7:26-27
I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. …
Matthew 24:19
And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-9)

The prophet is here for a sign to the people. They would not regard what he said; let it be tried whether they will regard what he does. In general, he must conduct himself so, in every thing, as became one that expected to see his country in ruins very shortly. This he foretold, but few regarded the prediction; therefore he is to show that he is himself fully satisfied in the truth of it. Others…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

Jr 16:1-21. Continuation of the Previous Prophecy. 2. in this place--in Judea. The direction to remain single was (whether literally obeyed, or only in prophetic vision) to symbolize the coming calamities of the Jews (Eze 24:15-27) as so severe that the single state would be then (contrary to the ordinary course of things) preferable to the married (compare 1Co 7:8, 26, 29; Mt 24:19; Lu 23:29).