Jeremiah 16:7
The Scripture
(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.
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
Deuteronomy 26:14Job 42:11Ezekiel 24:17Hosea 9:4Proverbs 31:6Proverbs 31:7
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