Jeremiah 16

1 ♥ 📝 T he word^H1697 of Jehovah^H3068 came also unto me, saying,^H559

2 ♥ 📝 Thou shalt not take^H3947 thee a wife,^H802 neither shalt thou have sons^H1121 or daughters,^H1323 in this place.^H4725

3 ♥ 📝 For thus saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 concerning the sons^H1121 and concerning the daughters^H1323 that are born^H3205 in this place,^H4725 and concerning their mothers^H517 that bare^H3205 them, and concerning their fathers^H1 that begat^H3209 them in this land:^H776

4 ♥ 📝 They shall die^H4191 grievous^H8463 deaths:^H4463 they shall not be lamented,^H5594 neither shall they be buried;^H6912 they shall be as dung^H1828 upon the face^H6440 of the ground;^H127 and they shall be consumed^H3615 by the sword,^H2719 and by famine;^H7458 and their dead bodies^H5038 shall be food^H3978 for the birds^H5775 of the heavens,^H8064 and for the beasts^H929 of the earth.^H776

5 ♥ 📝 For thus saith^H559 Jehovah,^H3068 Enter^H935 not into the house^H1004 of mourning,^H4798 neither go^H3212 to lament,^H5594 neither bemoan^H5110 them; for I have taken away^H622 my peace^H7965 from this people,^H5971 saith^H5002 Jehovah,^H3068 even lovingkindness^H2617 and tender mercies.^H7356

6 ♥ 📝 Both great^H1419 and small^H6996 shall die^H4191 in this land;^H776 they shall not be buried,^H6912 neither shall men lament^H5594 for them, nor cut^H1413 themselves, nor make themselves bald^H7139 for them;

7 ♥ 📝 neither shall men break^H6536 [bread] for them in mourning,^H60 to comfort^H5162 them for the dead;^H4191 neither shall men give them the cup^H3563 of consolation^H8575 to drink^H8248 for their father^H1 or for their mother.^H517

8 ♥ 📝 And thou shalt not go^H935 into the house^H1004 of feasting^H4960 to sit^H3427 with them, to eat^H398 and to drink.^H8354

9 ♥ 📝 For thus saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 the God^H430 of Israel:^H3478 Behold, I will cause to cease^H7673 out of this place,^H4725 before your eyes^H5869 and in your days,^H3117 the voice^H6963 of mirth^H8342 and the voice^H6963 of gladness,^H8057 the voice^H6963 of the bridegroom^H2860 and the voice^H6963 of the bride.^H3618

10 ♥ 📝 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show^H5046 this people^H5971 all these words,^H1697 and they shall say^H559 unto thee, Wherefore hath Jehovah^H3068 pronounced^H1696 all this great^H1419 evil^H7451 against us? or what is our iniquity?^H5771 or what is our sin^H2403 that we have committed^H2398 against Jehovah^H3068 our God?^H430

11 ♥ 📝 Then shalt thou say^H559 unto them, Because your fathers^H1 have forsaken^H5800 me, saith^H5002 Jehovah,^H3068 and have walked^H3212 after^H310 other^H312 gods,^H430 and have served^H5647 them, and have worshipped^H7812 them, and have forsaken^H5800 me, and have not kept^H8104 my law;^H8451

12 ♥ 📝 and ye have done^H6213 evil^H7489 more than your fathers;^H1 for, behold,^H2009 ye walk^H1980 every one^H376 after^H310 the stubbornness^H8307 of his evil^H7451 heart,^H3820 so that ye hearken^H8085 not unto me:

13 ♥ 📝 therefore will I cast^H2904 you forth out of this land^H776 into the land^H776 that ye have not known,^H3045 neither ye nor your fathers;^H1 and there shall ye serve^H5647 other^H312 gods^H430 day^H3119 and night;^H3915 for I will show^H5414 you no favor.^H2594

14 ♥ 📝 Therefore, behold, the days^H3117 come,^H935 saith^H5002 Jehovah,^H3068 that it shall no more be said,^H559 As Jehovah^H3068 liveth,^H2416 that brought up^H5927 the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 out of the land^H776 of Egypt;^H4714

15 ♥ 📝 but, As Jehovah^H3068 liveth,^H2416 that brought up^H5927 the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 from the land^H776 of the north,^H6828 and from all the countries^H776 whither he had driven^H5080 them. And I will bring them again^H7725 into their land^H127 that I gave^H5414 unto their fathers.^H1

16 ♥ 📝 Behold, I will send^H7971 for many^H7227 fishers,^H1771 saith^H5002 Jehovah,^H3068 and they shall fish^H1770 them up; and afterward^H310 I will send^H7971 for many^H7227 hunters,^H6719 and they shall hunt^H6679 them from every mountain,^H2022 and from every hill,^H1389 and out of the clefts^H5357 of the rocks.^H5553

17 ♥ 📝 For mine eyes^H5869 are upon all their ways;^H1870 they are not hid^H5641 from my face,^H6440 neither is their iniquity^H5771 concealed^H6845 from^H5048 mine eyes.^H5869

18 ♥ 📝 And first^H7223 I will recompense^H7999 their iniquity^H5771 and their sin^H2403 double,^H4932 because they have polluted^H2490 my land^H776 with the carcasses^H5038 of their detestable^H8251 things, and have filled^H4390 mine inheritance^H5159 with their abominations.^H8441

19 ♥ 📝 O Jehovah,^H3068 my strength,^H5797 and my stronghold,^H5797 and my refuge^H4498 in the day^H3117 of affliction,^H6869 unto thee shall the nations^H1471 come^H935 from the ends^H657 of the earth,^H776 and shall say,^H559 Our fathers^H1 have inherited^H5157 nought but lies,^H8267 [even] vanity^H1892 and things wherein there is no profit.^H3276

20 ♥ 📝 Shall a man^H120 make^H6213 unto himself gods,^H430 which yet are no gods?^H430

21 ♥ 📝 Therefore, behold, I will cause them to know,^H3045 this once^H6471 will I cause them to know^H3045 my hand^H3027 and my might;^H1369 and they shall know^H3045 that my name^H8034 is Jehovah.^H3068