Jeremiah 16 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[1] Then Yahweh’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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh, “even loving kindness and tender mercies. ^[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. ^[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. ^[8] “You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.” ^[9] For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. ^[10] It will happen, when you tell this people all these words, and they ask you, ‘Why has Yahweh pronounced all this great evil against us?’ or ‘What is our iniquity?’ or ‘What is our sin that we have committed against Yahweh our God?’ ^[11] then you shall tell them, ‘Because your fathers have forsaken me,’ says Yahweh, ‘and have walked after other gods, have served them, have worshiped them, have forsaken me, and have not kept my law. ^[12] You have done evil more than your fathers, for behold, you each walk after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you don’t listen to me. ^[13] Therefore I will cast you out of this land into the land that you have not known, neither you nor your fathers. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’ ^[14] “Therefore behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that it will no more be said, ‘As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;’ ^[15] but, ‘As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries where he had driven them.’ I will bring them again into their land that I gave to their fathers. ^[16] “Behold, I will send for many fishermen,” says Yahweh, “and they will fish them up. Afterward I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain, from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks. ^[17] For my eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from my face. Their iniquity isn’t concealed from my eyes. ^[18] First I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations.” ^[19] Yahweh, my strength, my stronghold,
and my refuge in the day of affliction,
the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth,
and will say,
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,
vanity and things in which there is no profit.
^[20] Should a man make to himself gods
which yet are no gods?” ^[21] “Therefore behold, I will cause them to know,
this once I will cause them to know my hand and my might.
Then they will know that my name is Yahweh.”

King James Version

^[1] The wordH1697 of the LordH3068 came also unto me, saying,H559(QalInf) ^[2] Thou shalt not takeH3947(QalImpf) thee a wife,H802 neither shalt thou have sonsH1121 or daughtersH1323 in this place.H4725 ^[3] For thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 concerning the sonsH1121 and concerning the daughtersH1323 that are bornH3205(HiphPtc) in this place,H4725 and concerning their mothersH517 that bareH3205(QalActPtc) them, and concerning their fathersH1 that begatH3209 them in this land;H776 ^[4] They shall dieH4191(QalImpf) of grievousH8463 deaths;H4463 they shall not be lamented;H5594(NiphImpf) neither shall they be buried;H6912(NiphImpf) [but] they shall be as dungH1828 upon the faceH6440 of the earth:H127 and they shall be consumedH3615(QalImpf) by the sword,H2719 and by famine;H7458 and their carcasesH5038 shall be meatH3978 for the fowlsH5775 of heaven,H8064 and for the beastsH929 of the earth.H776 ^[5] For thus saithH559(QalPerf) the Lord,H3068 EnterH935(QalImpf) not into the houseH1004 of mourning,H4798 neither goH3212(QalImpf) to lamentH5594(QalInf) nor bemoanH5110(QalImpf) them: for I have taken awayH622(QalPerf) my peaceH7965 from this people,H5971 saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the Lord,H3068 [even] lovingkindnessH2617 and mercies.H7356 ^[6] Both the greatH1419 and the smallH6996 shall dieH4191(QalPerf) in this land:H776 they shall not be buried,H6912(NiphImpf) neither shall [men] lamentH5594(QalImpf) for them, nor cutH1413(HipoImpf) themselves, nor make themselves baldH7139(NiphImpf) for them: ^[7] Neither shall [men] tearH6536(QalImpf) [themselves] for them in mourning,H60 to comfortH5162(PielInf) them for the dead;H4191(QalPtc) neither shall [men] give them the cupH3563 of consolationH8575 to drinkH8248(HiphImpf) for their fatherH1 or for their mother.H517 ^[8] Thou shalt not also goH935(QalImpf) into the houseH1004 of feasting,H4960 to sitH3427(QalInf) with them to eatH398(QalInf) and to drink.H8354(QalInf) ^[9] For thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 of hosts,H6635 the GodH430 of Israel;H3478 Behold, I will cause to ceaseH7673(HiphPtc) out of this placeH4725 in your eyes,H5869 and in your days,H3117 the voiceH6963 of mirth,H8342 and the voiceH6963 of gladness,H8057 the voiceH6963 of the bridegroom,H2860 and the voiceH6963 of the bride.H3618 ^[10] And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shewH5046(HiphImpf) this peopleH5971 all these words,H1697 and they shall sayH559(QalPerf) unto thee, Wherefore hath the LordH3068 pronouncedH1696(PielPerf) all this greatH1419 evilH7451 against us? or what [is] our iniquity?H5771 or what [is] our sinH2403 that we have committedH2398(QalPerf) against the LordH3068 our God?H430 ^[11] Then shalt thou sayH559(QalPerf) unto them, Because your fathersH1 have forsakenH5800(QalPerf) me, saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the Lord,H3068 and have walkedH3212(QalImpf) afterH310 otherH312 gods,H430 and have servedH5647(QalImpf) them, and have worshippedH7812(HithImpf) them, and have forsakenH5800(QalPerf) me, and have not keptH8104(QalPerf) my law;H8451 ^[12] And ye have doneH6213(QalInf) worseH7489(HiphPerf) than your fathers;H1 for, behold,H2009 ye walkH1980(QalActPtc) every oneH376 afterH310 the imaginationH8307 of his evilH7451 heart,H3820 that they may not hearkenH8085(QalInf) unto me: ^[13] Therefore will I castH2904(HiphPerf) you out of this landH776 into a landH776 that ye knowH3045(QalPerf) not, [neither] ye nor your fathers;H1 and there shall ye serveH5647(QalPerf) otherH312 godsH430 dayH3119 and night;H3915 where I will not shewH5414(QalImpf) you favour.H2594 ^[14] Therefore, behold, the daysH3117 come,H935(QalActPtc) saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the Lord,H3068 that it shall no more be said,H559(NiphImpf) The LordH3068 liveth,H2416 that brought upH5927(HiphPerf) the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 out of the landH776 of Egypt;H4714 ^[15] But, The LordH3068 liveth,H2416 that brought upH5927(HiphPerf) the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 from the landH776 of the north,H6828 and from all the landsH776 whither he had drivenH5080(HiphPerf) them: and I will bring them againH7725(HiphPerf) into their landH127 that I gaveH5414(QalPerf) unto their fathers.H1 ^[16] Behold, I will sendH7971(QalActPtc) for manyH7227 fishers,H1771(Qere) saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the Lord,H3068 and they shall fishH1770(QalPerf) them; and afterH310 will I sendH7971(QalImpf) for manyH7227 hunters,H6719 and they shall huntH6679(QalPerf) them from every mountain,H2022 and from every hill,H1389 and out of the holesH5357 of the rocks.H5553 ^[17] For mine eyesH5869 [are] upon all their ways:H1870 they are not hidH5641(NiphPerf) from my face,H6440 neither is their iniquityH5771 hidH6845(NiphPerf) fromH5048 mine eyes.H5869 ^[18] And firstH7223 I will recompenseH7999(PielPerf) their iniquityH5771 and their sinH2403 double;H4932 because they have defiledH2490(PielInf) my land,H776 they have filledH4390(QalPerf) mine inheritanceH5159 with the carcasesH5038 of their detestableH8251 and abominable things.H8441 ^[19] O Lord,H3068 my strength,H5797 and my fortress,H4581 and my refugeH4498 in the dayH3117 of affliction,H6869 the GentilesH1471 shall comeH935(QalImpf) unto thee from the endsH657 of the earth,H776 and shall say,H559(QalImpf) Surely our fathersH1 have inheritedH5157(QalPerf) lies,H8267 vanity,H1892 and [things] wherein [there is] no profit.H3276(HiphPtc) ^[20] Shall a manH120 makeH6213(QalImpf) godsH430 unto himself, and they [are] no gods?H430 ^[21] Therefore, behold, I will this onceH6471 cause them to know,H3045(HiphPtc) I will cause them to knowH3045(HiphImpf) mine handH3027 and my might;H1369 and they shall knowH3045(QalPerf) that my nameH8034 [is] The Lord.H3068

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