Verse 9

Jeremiah 16:9

Bible in Basic English

9 For the Lord of armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, has said, See, before your eyes and in your days I will put an end in this place to the laughing voices and the voice of joy; to the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֜ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הִנְ/נִ֨י מַשְׁבִּ֜ית מִן הַ/מָּק֥וֹם הַ/זֶּ֛ה לְ/עֵינֵי/כֶ֖ם וּ/בִֽ/ימֵי/כֶ֑ם ק֤וֹל שָׂשׂוֹן֙ וְ/ק֣וֹל שִׂמְחָ֔ה ק֥וֹל חָתָ֖ן וְ/ק֥וֹל כַּלָּֽה
English Translation
For thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease from this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 16 Context
1 Then again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Focus ↗
2 You are not to take a wife for yourself or have sons or daughters in this place. Focus ↗
3 For this is what the Lord has said about the sons and daughters who come to birth in this place, and... Focus ↗
4 Death from evil diseases will overtake them; there will be no weeping for them and their bodies will... Focus ↗
5 For this is what the Lord has said: Do not go into the house of sorrow, do not go to make weeping or... Focus ↗
6 Death will overtake great as well as small in the land: their bodies will not be put in a resting-pl... Focus ↗
7 No one will make a feast for them in sorrow, to give them comfort for the dead, or put to their lips... Focus ↗
8 And you are not to go into the house of feasting, or be seated with them to take food or drink. Focus ↗
9 For the Lord of armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, has said, See, before your eyes and in your days...
10 And it will be, that when you say all these words to the people, then they will say to you, Why has... Focus ↗
11 Then you will say to them, Because your fathers have given me up, says the Lord, and have gone after... Focus ↗
12 And you have done worse evil than your fathers; for see, every one of you is guided by the pride of... Focus ↗
13 For this reason I will send you away out of this land into a land which is strange to you, to you an... Focus ↗
14 For this cause, see, the days are coming, says the Lord, when it will no longer be said, By the livi... Focus ↗
15 But, By the living Lord, who took the children of Israel up out of the land of the north, and from a... Focus ↗
16 See, I will send for great numbers of fishermen, says the Lord, and they will take them like fish in... Focus ↗
17 For my eyes are on all their ways: there is no cover for them from my face, and their evil-doing is... Focus ↗
18 And I will give them the reward of their evil-doing and their sin twice over; because they have made... Focus ↗
19 O Lord, my strength and my strong tower, my safe place in the day of trouble, the nations will come... Focus ↗
20 Will a man make for himself gods which are no gods? Focus ↗
21 For this reason, truly, I will make them see, this once I will give them knowledge of my hand and my... Focus ↗