Jeremiah 16:8-10

Easy-to-Read Version

⁸ “Jeremiah, don’t go into a house where the people are having a party. Don’t go into that house and sit down to eat and drink. ⁹ This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel says: I will soon stop the sounds of people having fun. I will stop the happy sounds of people enjoying a wedding party. This will happen during your lifetime. I will do these things very soon.

¹⁰ “Jeremiah, you will tell the people of Judah these things, and the people will ask you, ‘Why has the Lord said these terrible things to us? What have we done wrong? What sin have we done against the Lord our God?’