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World English Bible

Jeremiah 16 (WEBP)

[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.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Jeremiah 16 (KJVS)

[1] The word of the Lord came also unto me, saying,
[2] Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
[3] For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;
[4] they shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
[5] For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, even lovingkindness and mercies.
[6] Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
[7] neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
[8] Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
[9] For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in 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] And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?
[11] Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the Lord, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
[12] and ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me.
[13] Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.
[14] Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be said, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
[15] but, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.
[16] Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
[17] For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
[18] And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
[19] O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
[20] Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
[21] Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The Lord.

Jeremiah 16:5 Or, mourning feast
Jeremiah 16:7 Or, break bread for them, as
Jeremiah 16:12 Or, stubbornness
Jeremiah 16:21 Or, JEHOVAH

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Jeremiah 16 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () σὺ () μὴ () λάβῃς () γυναῖκα, () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () Ισραηλ, ()
[2] καὶ () οὐ () γεννηθήσεταί () σοι () υἱὸς () οὐδὲ () θυγάτηρ () ἐν () τῷ () τόπῳ () τούτῳ. ()
[3] Ὅτι () τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () περὶ () τῶν () υἱῶν () καὶ () περὶ () τῶν () θυγατέρων () τῶν () γεννωμένων () ἐν () τῷ () τόπῳ () τούτῳ () καὶ () περὶ () τῶν () μητέρων () αὐτῶν () τῶν () τετοκυιῶν () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () περὶ () τῶν () πατέρων () αὐτῶν () τῶν () γεγεννηκότων () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () τῇ () γῇ () ταύτῃ ()
[4] Ἐν () θανάτῳ () νοσερῷ ἀποθανοῦνται, () οὐ () κοπήσονται () καὶ () οὐ () ταφήσονται· () εἰς () παράδειγμα ἐπὶ () προσώπου () τῆς () γῆς () ἔσονται () καὶ () τοῖς () θηρίοις () τῆς () γῆς () καὶ () τοῖς () πετεινοῖς τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ· () ἐν () μαχαίρᾳ () πεσοῦνται () καὶ () ἐν () λιμῷ () συντελεσθήσονται. ()
[5] Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Μὴ () εἰσέλθῃς () εἰς () θίασον αὐτῶν () καὶ () μὴ () πορευθῇς () τοῦ () κόψασθαι () καὶ () μὴ () πενθήσῃς () αὐτούς, () ὅτι () ἀφέστακα () τὴν () εἰρήνην () μου () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () λαοῦ () τούτου. ()
[6] Οὐ () μὴ () κόψωνται () αὐτοὺς () οὐδὲ () ἐντομίδας οὐ () μὴ () ποιήσωσιν () καὶ () οὐ () ξυρήσονται, ()
[7] καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () κλασθῇ () ἄρτος () ἐν () πένθει () αὐτῶν () εἰς () παράκλησιν () ἐπὶ () τεθνηκότι, () οὐ () ποτιοῦσιν () αὐτὸν () ποτήριον () εἰς () παράκλησιν () ἐπὶ () πατρὶ () καὶ () μητρὶ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[8] Εἰς () οἰκίαν () πότου () οὐκ () εἰσελεύσῃ () συγκαθίσαι () μετ’ () αὐτῶν () τοῦ () φαγεῖν () καὶ () πιεῖν. ()
[9] Διότι () τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () Ισραηλ () Ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () καταλύω () ἐκ () τοῦ () τόπου () τούτου () ἐνώπιον () τῶν () ὀφθαλμῶν () ὑμῶν () καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () ἡμέραις () ὑμῶν () φωνὴν () χαρᾶς () καὶ () φωνὴν () εὐφροσύνης, () φωνὴν () νυμφίου () καὶ () φωνὴν () νύμφης. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἔσται () ὅταν () ἀναγγείλῃς () τῷ () λαῷ () τούτῳ () ἅπαντα () τὰ () ῥήματα () ταῦτα () καὶ () εἴπωσιν () πρὸς () σέ () Διὰ () τί () ἐλάλησεν () κύριος () ἐφ’ () ἡμᾶς () πάντα () τὰ () κακὰ () ταῦτα; () Τίς () ἡ () ἀδικία () ἡμῶν; () Καὶ () τίς () ἡ () ἁμαρτία () ἡμῶν, () ἣν () ἡμάρτομεν () ἔναντι () κυρίου () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἡμῶν; ()
[11] Καὶ () ἐρεῖς () αὐτοῖς () Ἀνθ’ () ὧν () ἐγκατέλιπόν () με () οἱ () πατέρες () ὑμῶν, () λέγει () κύριος, () καὶ () ᾤχοντο ὀπίσω () θεῶν () ἀλλοτρίων () καὶ () ἐδούλευσαν () αὐτοῖς () καὶ () προσεκύνησαν () αὐτοῖς () καὶ () ἐμὲ () ἐγκατέλιπον () καὶ () τὸν () νόμον () μου () οὐκ () ἐφυλάξαντο, ()
[12] καὶ () ὑμεῖς () ἐπονηρεύσασθε ὑπὲρ () τοὺς () πατέρας () ὑμῶν () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ὑμεῖς () πορεύεσθε () ἕκαστος () ὀπίσω () τῶν () ἀρεστῶν () τῆς () καρδίας () ὑμῶν () τῆς () πονηρᾶς () τοῦ () μὴ () ὑπακούειν () μου, ()
[13] καὶ () ἀπορρίψω () ὑμᾶς () ἀπὸ () τῆς () γῆς () ταύτης () εἰς () τὴν () γῆν, () ἣν () οὐκ () ᾔδειτε () ὑμεῖς () καὶ () οἱ () πατέρες () ὑμῶν, () καὶ () δουλεύσετε () ἐκεῖ () θεοῖς () ἑτέροις, () οἳ () οὐ () δώσουσιν () ὑμῖν () ἔλεος. ()
[14] Διὰ () τοῦτο () ἰδοὺ () ἡμέραι () ἔρχονται, () λέγει () κύριος, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐροῦσιν () ἔτι () Ζῇ () κύριος () ὁ () ἀναγαγὼν () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () Ισραηλ () ἐκ () γῆς () Αἰγύπτου, ()
[15] ἀλλά () Ζῇ () κύριος () ὃς () ἀνήγαγεν () τὸν () οἶκον () Ισραηλ () ἀπὸ () γῆς () βορρᾶ () καὶ () ἀπὸ () πασῶν () τῶν () χωρῶν, () οὗ () ἐξώσθησαν () ἐκεῖ· () καὶ () ἀποκαταστήσω () αὐτοὺς () εἰς () τὴν () γῆν () αὐτῶν, () ἣν () ἔδωκα () τοῖς () πατράσιν () αὐτῶν. ()—
[16] ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () ἀποστέλλω () τοὺς () ἁλεεῖς () τοὺς () πολλούς, () λέγει () κύριος, () καὶ () ἁλιεύσουσιν () αὐτούς· () καὶ () μετὰ () ταῦτα () ἀποστελῶ () τοὺς () πολλοὺς () θηρευτάς, καὶ () θηρεύσουσιν () αὐτοὺς () ἐπάνω () παντὸς () ὄρους () καὶ () ἐπάνω () παντὸς () βουνοῦ () καὶ () ἐκ () τῶν () τρυμαλιῶν () τῶν () πετρῶν. ()
[17] Ὅτι () οἱ () ὀφθαλμοί () μου () ἐπὶ () πάσας () τὰς () ὁδοὺς () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐκρύβη () τὰ () ἀδικήματα () αὐτῶν () ἀπέναντι () τῶν () ὀφθαλμῶν () μου. ()
[18] Καὶ () ἀνταποδώσω () διπλᾶς () τὰς () ἀδικίας () αὐτῶν () καὶ () τὰς () ἁμαρτίας () αὐτῶν, () ἐφ’ () αἷς () ἐβεβήλωσαν () τὴν () γῆν () μου () ἐν () τοῖς () θνησιμαίοις τῶν () βδελυγμάτων () αὐτῶν () καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () ἀνομίαις () αὐτῶν, () ἐν () αἷς () ἐπλημμέλησαν τὴν () κληρονομίαν () μου. ()—
[19] κύριε () ἰσχύς () μου () καὶ () βοήθειά () μου () καὶ () καταφυγή μου () ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () κακῶν, () πρὸς () σὲ () ἔθνη () ἥξουσιν () ἀπ’ () ἐσχάτου () τῆς () γῆς () καὶ () ἐροῦσιν () Ὡς () ψευδῆ () ἐκτήσαντο () οἱ () πατέρες () ἡμῶν () εἴδωλα, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἐν () αὐτοῖς () ὠφέλημα.
[20] Εἰ () ποιήσει () ἑαυτῷ () ἄνθρωπος () θεούς; () Καὶ () οὗτοι () οὔκ () εἰσιν () θεοί. ()
[21] Διὰ () τοῦτο () ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () δηλώσω () αὐτοῖς () ἐν () τῷ () καιρῷ () τούτῳ () τὴν () χεῖρά () μου () καὶ () γνωριῶ () αὐτοῖς () τὴν () δύναμίν () μου, () καὶ () γνώσονται () ὅτι () ὄνομά () μοι () κύριος. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.