16 2 The Lord forbidding Jeremiah to marry, showeth him what should be the afflictions upon Judah. 13 The captivity of Babylon. 15 Their deliverance. 19 The calling of the Gentiles.

The word of the Lord came also unto me, saying,

Thou shalt not take [a]thee a wife, nor have sons nor daughters in this place.

For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons, and concerning the daughters, that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bear them, and concerning their fathers that beget them in this land,

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 16:2 Meaning, that the affliction should be so horrible in Jerusalem, that wife and children should but increase his sorrow.

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