For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.

Enter not ... neither lament - (Ezekiel 24:17; Ezekiel 24:22).

House of mourning - (Mark 5:38). [ Marzeeach (H4798)] margin, mourning-feast; such feasts were usual at funerals. So Jerome translates 'to the house of the (mourning) banquet.' The Hebrew means, in Amos 6:7, the cry of joy at a banquet; here, the cry of sorrow.

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