Verse 2

Jeremiah 16:2

American Standard Version

2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place.

Original Language Text

hebrew

לֹֽא תִקַּ֥ח לְ/ךָ֖ אִשָּׁ֑ה וְ/לֹֽא יִהְי֤וּ לְ/ךָ֙ בָּנִ֣ים וּ/בָנ֔וֹת בַּ/מָּק֖וֹם הַ/זֶּֽה

English Translation

You shall not take a wife for yourself, and there shall not be for you sons and daughters in this place.

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Chapter 16 Context

1 The word of Jehovah came also unto me, saying, Focus ↗

2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place.

3 For thus saith Jehovah concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place,... Focus ↗

4 They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall... Focus ↗

5 For thus saith Jehovah, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan t... Focus ↗

6 Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for... Focus ↗

7 neither shall men break [bread] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall me... Focus ↗

8 And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink. Focus ↗

9 For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God (Elohim) of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of th... Focus ↗

10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show this people all these words, and they shall say unto... Focus ↗

11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith Jehovah, and have walked... Focus ↗

12 and ye have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the stubbornness... Focus ↗

13 therefore will I cast you forth out of this land into the land that ye have not known, neither ye no... Focus ↗

14 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that it shall no more be said, As Jehovah liveth, t... Focus ↗

15 but, As Jehovah liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from... Focus ↗

16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith Jehovah, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I wi... Focus ↗

17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity conc... Focus ↗

18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land... Focus ↗

19 O Jehovah, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, unto thee shall t... Focus ↗

20 Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods? Focus ↗

21 Therefore, behold, I will cause them to know, this once will I cause them to know my hand and my mig... Focus ↗

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