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CHAPTER XVI
_On account of the evils which threatened his country, the_
_prophet is forbidden to encumber himself with a wife and_
_family, or to bear any share in the little joys and sorrows of_...
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In this prophecy Jeremiah 16:1, the punishment of the people is set
forth in even sterner terms than in the last. The whole land is
likened to a desert covered with the bodies of the dead, who lie
unb...
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THE COMING CALAMITIES: RESTORATION PROMISED, RUIN IMMINENT ON ACCOUNT
OF JUDAH'S SIN AND CONCERNING THE SABBATH (16-17)
CHAPTER 16
_ 1. The coming calamities (Jeremiah 16:1) _
2. The coming days of...
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JEREMIAH 16:1 TO JEREMIAH 17:18. THE COMING DISTRESS A PENALTY FOR
SIN. The prophet is forbidden to found a family, because of the coming
sorrows (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 7:29 ff.), in which death will be...
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JEREMIAH'S ELEVENTH PROPHECY (see book comments for Jeremiah).
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....
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THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME, &C.— We have here a new discourse,
wherein God forbids Jeremiah to marry, principally to mark out the
miseries of parents, in the confused and ruinous state of things in
Jud...
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III. PROPHETIC CONDUCT Jeremiah 16:1-21
Jeremiah came through his personal crisis. He repented and God took
him back. Now that the rebellious prophet was humble and contrite, God
gives him further ins...
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_THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME ALSO UNTO ME, SAYING,_
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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1-13. Selfdenial and an ascetic, life are to be the prophet's lot....
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XVI.
(1) THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME ALSO UNTO ME. — The formula introduces
a new and distinct message, extending to Jeremiah 17:18, and it is one
even more terrible in its threatenings than any that ha...
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וַ יְהִ֥י דְבַר ־יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵ
אמֹֽר
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The controversy was immediately followed by a new charge to the
prophet. Jehovah called him to a life of personal asceticism,
commanding that he abstain from both mourning and mirth. That is to
say, h...
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CONTENTS
This is a short, but interesting Chapter; in which, the Lord commands
his servant the Prophet, in looking forward to the times of the
Captivity, to keep himself unconnected because of his ju...
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I venture to read this precept given to Jeremiah concerning marriage
while in Babylon, both with a national and spiritual view. No
alliances were to be made by the people of God, with their idolatrous...
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In chapter 16 Jehovah teaches Jeremiah to avoid all family
relationships with this people, and to cease from all testimonies of
interest in what was going on among them. For He Himself had entirely
br...
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THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME, SAYING. The Targum is, the word of
prophecy from the Lord: whether this is a new prophecy, or the former
continued, is not certain; the latter seems probable. This
i...
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The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying,
Ver. 1. _The word of the Lord came also unto me._] It is the property
of this prophet to handle the same thing several ways, and by sundry
effectual ar...
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_The word of the Lord came_, &c. Here begins a new discourse, wherein
God forbids Jeremiah to marry, principally with a view to show the
miseries of parents, and the confused and ruinous state of thin...
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THE INSTRUCTION OF JEHOVAH...
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The word of the Lord came also unto me, saying,...
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1-9 The prophet must conduct himself as one who expected to see his
country ruined very shortly. In the prospect of sad times, he is to
abstain from marriage, mourning for the dead, and pleasure. Tho...
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JEREMIAH CHAPTER 16 The prophet is commanded to abstain from marriage,
from mourning, or festival assemblies; hereby representing to them
their approaching misery, JEREMIAH 16:1. Their sins which caus...
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Jeremiah 16:1 word H1697 LORD H3068 saying H559 (H8800)
The word - Jeremiah 1:2, Je
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JEREMIAH WAS NOT TO TAKE A WIFE OR HAVE SONS AND DAUGHTERS, ATTEND
FUNERALS, OR PARTICIPATE IN FEASTING, AS A SIGN OF THE DEVASTATION
THAT WAS COMING ON JUDAH WHICH WOULD TRANSFORM LIFE FOR ALL ITS
IN...
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SAYING
The sign of the unmarried prophet is interpreted by the context. The
whole social life of Judah was about to be disrupted and cease from
the land. But note the promises of verses (Jeremiah 16:...
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Jeremiah 16:2. _Thou shalt not take thee a wife in this place._ The
prohibition implies the honour of the state of matrimony, because it
respects the sentence against a devoted nation. Our Saviour giv...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. Chapter
s 16 and 17 form one prophecy. The taunt in chap. Jeremiah 17:15 shows
that this message from God was delivered before the capture...
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EXPOSITION
With this chapter should be taken the first eighteen verses of
Jeremiah 17:1. The heading of the Authorized Version well expresses
the contents of Jeremiah 17:1, provided that "the types" a...
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Shall we turn now to Jeremiah 16:1-21.
Now you remember that Jeremiah was just a young man when God called
him to this prophetic ministry. And so in chapter 16:
The word of the LORD came also unto me...
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Jeremiah 1:2; Jeremiah 1:4; Jeremiah 2:1...