Jeremiah 16:12
The Scripture
(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:
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Jeremiah 16 opens with the Lord forbidding the prophet to marry or have children because of the grievous deaths coming upon the land through sword and famine. Mourning and feasting are forbidden as well, since the people's fathers forsook the Lord for other gods. The chapter closes with the prophet's confession of the Lord as his strength and a vision of Gentiles confessing their fathers' lies and coming to know His name.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jeremiah 7:26Jeremiah 13:10II Timothy 3:13Jeremiah 7:24Jeremiah 9:14Deuteronomy 9:27Deuteronomy 29:19Judges 2:19I Samuel 15:23Jeremiah 17:9Genesis 6:5Genesis 8:21
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