Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 16:1 (show verse)
The word of the Lord also came to me saying,
Jeremiah 16:2 (show verse)
“You shall not take a wife for yourself nor have sons or daughters in this place.”
Jeremiah 16:3 (show verse)
For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bear them, and their fathers who beget them in this land:
Jeremiah 16:4 (show verse)
“They will die of deadly diseases, they will not be lamented or buried; they will be as dung on the surface of the ground and come to an end by sword and famine, and their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth.”
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For thus says the Lord, “Do not enter a house of mourning, or go to lament or to console them; for I have withdrawn My peace from this people,” declares the Lord, “My lovingkindness and compassion.
Jeremiah 16:6 (show verse)
Both great men and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, they will not be lamented, nor will anyone gash himself or shave his head for them.
Jeremiah 16:7 (show verse)
Men will not break bread in mourning for them, to comfort anyone for the dead, nor give them a cup of consolation to drink for anyone’s 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)
Moreover you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink.”
Jeremiah 16:9 (show verse)
For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I am going to eliminate from this place, before your eyes and in your time, the voice of rejoicing and the voice of gladness, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride.
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)
“Now when you tell this people all these words, they will say to you, ‘For what reason has the Lord declared all this great calamity against us? And what is our iniquity, or what is our sin which we have committed against the Lord our God?’
Jeremiah 16:11 (show verse)
Then you are to say to them, ‘It is because your forefathers have forsaken Me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and have followed other gods and served them and bowed down to them; but Me they have forsaken and have not kept My law.
Jeremiah 16:12 (show verse)
You too have done evil, even more than your forefathers; for behold, you are each one walking according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me.
Jeremiah 16:13 (show verse)
So I will hurl you out of this land into the land which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers; and there you will serve other gods day and night, for I will grant you no favor.’
Jeremiah 16:14 (show verse)
“Therefore behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when it will no longer be said, ‘As the Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 16:15 (show verse)
but, ‘As the Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of the north and from all the countries where He had banished them.’ For I will restore them to their own land which I gave to their fathers.
Jeremiah 16:16 (show verse)
“Behold, I am going to send for many fishermen,” declares the Lord, “and they will fish for them; and afterwards I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and every hill and from the clefts of the rocks.
Jeremiah 16:17 (show verse)
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)
I will first doubly repay their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable idols and 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)
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Futility and
Jeremiah 16:20 (show verse)
Yet they are
Jeremiah 16:21 (show verse)
This time I will
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And they shall