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The times were such that for “the present distress” it was wise
for all to abstain from marriage 1 Corinthians 7:26; Matthew 24:19....
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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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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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_FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD CONCERNING THE SONS AND CONCERNING THE
DAUGHTERS THAT ARE BORN IN THIS PLACE, AND CONCERNING THEIR MOTHERS
THAT BARE THEM, AND CONCERNING THEIR FATHERS THAT BEGAT THEM IN THIS...
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1-13. Selfdenial and an ascetic, life are to be the prophet's lot....
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כִּי ־כֹ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה עַל ־הַ
בָּנִים֙
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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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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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FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD CONCERNING THE SONS AND CONCERNING THE
DAUGHTERS THAT ARE BORN IN THIS PLACE,..... This is a reason given why
the prophet should not have, and why he should not be desirous to...
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For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the
daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers
that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this...
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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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For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the
daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers
that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Jeremiah 16:3 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 sons H1121 daughters H1323
born H3205 (H8688) place H4725 mothers...
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THE FIRST SIGN: ABSTENTION FROM MARRIAGE AND CHILDBEARING (JEREMIAH
16:2).
Jeremiah's abstention from marriage and childbearing was in order to
underline the awful future that waited those who were m...
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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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CONTENTS: Sign of the unmarried prophet, forecasting coming
calamities.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: God often makes men's sins their punishment and fills the
backslider in heart with his...
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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 16:5; Jeremiah 16:9...