Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 16:1 (show verse)
This message from the LORD came to me:
Jeremiah 16:2 (show verse)
"You are not to take a wife, nor are you to have sons or daughters in this place."
Jeremiah 16:3 (show verse)
For this is what the LORD says about the sons and daughters who are born in this place, about their mothers who give birth to them, and about their fathers who father them in this land:
Jeremiah 16:4 (show verse)
"They'll die of deadly diseases. People won't mourn for them, nor will they be buried. They'll be dung on the surface of the ground, and they'll come to an end with the sword and with famine. Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and the animals of the land."
Burial » Lack of, a disgrace
Burial » Privation of, threatened as a punishment
dead Bodies » Unburied, a mark of disgrace
death » Spiritual » Of the wicked
Dying » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
Idolatry » Punishment of » Dreadful judgments which end in death
Man » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
The wicked » Death of
The wicked » Appointed by God corrupt » Unlamented
Burial » Privation of, threatened as a punishment
dead Bodies » Unburied, a mark of disgrace
death » Spiritual » Of the wicked
Dying » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
Idolatry » Punishment of » Dreadful judgments which end in death
Man » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
The wicked » Death of
The wicked » Appointed by God corrupt » Unlamented
Jeremiah 16:5 (show verse)
For this is what the LORD says: "Don't go to a house where there is mourning, don't go to lament, nor to express sorrow to them. For I've taken my peace away from this people," declares the LORD, "as well as gracious love and compassion.
Jeremiah 16:6 (show verse)
Both the most and the least important people will die in this land, and they won't be buried. People won't mourn for them. They won't cut themselves, nor will they shave their heads for them.
Jeremiah 16:7 (show verse)
They won't break bread for the mourner to be consoled for the dead. They won't give anyone the cup of consolation to drink for his father or mother.
Burial » Followed by a feast
Cup » Figurative » Of consolation
The Dead » Mourning for, often » Testified by tearing the hair
The Dead » Idolaters » Tore themselves for
Idolatry » Punishment of » Dreadful judgments which end in death
Mourning » For the dead » Cutting the flesh
Plagues » Desolating effects of
Cup » Figurative » Of consolation
The Dead » Mourning for, often » Testified by tearing the hair
The Dead » Idolaters » Tore themselves for
Idolatry » Punishment of » Dreadful judgments which end in death
Mourning » For the dead » Cutting the flesh
Plagues » Desolating effects of
Jeremiah 16:8 (show verse)
Don't go to a banquet to sit with people to eat and drink."
Jeremiah 16:9 (show verse)
For this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "In this place I'm about to bring an end to the sounds of happiness and rejoicing, the sounds of the bridegroom and the bride. I'll do it in front of your eyes and in your time.
Idolatry » Punishment of » Dreadful judgments which end in death
Israel » Under the special protection of jehovah humbled » Joy of, departed
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Lost the joy of divine favour
Joy » Christ's joy » Israel lost the joy of divine favour
Marriage » The jews » Often punished by being debarred from
Marriage » Celibacy deplored
Israel » Under the special protection of jehovah humbled » Joy of, departed
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Lost the joy of divine favour
Joy » Christ's joy » Israel lost the joy of divine favour
Marriage » The jews » Often punished by being debarred from
Marriage » Celibacy deplored
Jeremiah 16:10 (show verse)
"When you speak all these words to this people, they'll say to you, "Why has the LORD pronounced all this disaster against us? What is our iniquity, and what is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?'
Jeremiah 16:11 (show verse)
Then say to them, "It is because your ancestors abandoned me,' declares the LORD. "They followed other gods, served them, worshipped them, abandoned me, and didn't keep my Law.
Jeremiah 16:12 (show verse)
You have done even more evil than your ancestors, and each one of you is stubbornly following his own evil desires, refusing to listen to me.
Jeremiah 16:13 (show verse)
I'll throw you out of this land into a land neither you nor your ancestors have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, and I'll show you no favor.'
Jeremiah 16:14 (show verse)
"Therefore, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when it will no longer be said, "As surely as the LORD lives, who brought up the Israelis from the land of Egypt.'
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Jeremiah 16:15 (show verse)
Rather it will be said, "As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelis up from the land of the north and from all the lands to which the LORD had banished them.' I'll bring them back to their land, which I gave to their ancestors.
Jeremiah 16:16 (show verse)
"I'm about to send many fishermen," declares the LORD, "and they'll catch them. Afterwards, I'll send for many hunters and they'll hunt for them on every mountain and hill and in the crevices of the rocks.
Jeremiah 16:17 (show verse)
For I am watching all their ways; they are not hidden from my sight. Their iniquity is not concealed from my eyes.
Defilement » Who defiles the land
Divine Knowledge » All the ways of men are known to God
Exposure » Of sin » Rendered doubly certain by God's infinite knowledge
Iniquity » The reward for iniquity
Knowledge » Divine Knowledge » All the ways of men are known to God
Knowledge » God's » All the ways of men are known to God
Secret sins » Known to God
Sin » Internal » Known to God
Ways » God's » Known
Divine Knowledge » All the ways of men are known to God
Exposure » Of sin » Rendered doubly certain by God's infinite knowledge
Iniquity » The reward for iniquity
Knowledge » Divine Knowledge » All the ways of men are known to God
Knowledge » God's » All the ways of men are known to God
Secret sins » Known to God
Sin » Internal » Known to God
Ways » God's » Known
Jeremiah 16:18 (show verse)
First I'll repay them double for their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted my land with the dead bodies of their detestable images, and they have filled my inheritance with their abominations."
Canaan, land of » Miscellaneous topics » Polluted, by sin
Defilement » Who defiles the land
Iniquity » The reward for iniquity
Judgments » Are sent, as punishment for » Idolatry
Land » Land measure a cubit = 1824 ft » Polluted, by sin
Punishment of the The Wicked » Is the reward of their sins
Sin » God » Recompenses
Defilement » Who defiles the land
Iniquity » The reward for iniquity
Judgments » Are sent, as punishment for » Idolatry
Land » Land measure a cubit = 1824 ft » Polluted, by sin
Punishment of the The Wicked » Is the reward of their sins
Sin » God » Recompenses
Jeremiah 16:19 (show verse)
LORD, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in a time of difficulty, to you the nations will come, and from the ends of the earth they'll say, "Surely our ancestors inherited deception, things that are worthless, and in which there is no profit."
Jeremiah 16:20 (show verse)
Can a person make a god for himself? They are not gods!
Jeremiah 16:21 (show verse)
Therefore, I'm about to make them understand; this time I'll make them understand my power and strength, so they'll understand that my name is the LORD.