"They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth."
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Verse Jeremiah 16:4. _THEY SHALL DIE OF GRIEVIOUS DEATHS_] All
_prematurely_; see Jeremiah 14:16.
_AS DUNG UPON THE FACE OF THE EARTH_] See Jeremiah 8:2.
_BE MEAT FOR THE FOWLS_] See Jeremiah 7:33....
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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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EARTH. ground, or soil....
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_grievous deaths_ lit. as mg. _deaths of sicknesses_.
_they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried_ We may
compare the condition of things in the plague at Athens b.c. 430:
"Such was the...
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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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They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented;
neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face
of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by fami...
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1-13. Selfdenial and an ascetic, life are to be the prophet's lot....
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OF GRIEVOUS DEATHS. — Literally, _deaths from diseases,_ including,
perhaps, famine (as in Jeremiah 14:18), as contrasted with the more
immediate work of the sword.
THEY SHALL NOT BE LAMENTED. — Amon...
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מְמֹותֵ֨י תַחֲלֻאִ֜ים יָמֻ֗תוּ לֹ֤א
יִסָּֽפְדוּ֙ וְ לֹ֣א יִקָּבֵ֔רוּ לְ
דֹ֛מֶן עַל ־פְּנֵ֥י הָ אֲדָמָ֖ה...
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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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_Illnesses, denoting God's wrath. (St. Jerome) --- Earth. The
privation of sepulture was accounted one of the greatest evils._...
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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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But the reason why God forbad his Prophet to marry, follows, because
they were all consigned to destruction. We hence learn that celibacy
is not here commended, as some foolish men have imagined from...
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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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THEY SHALL DIE OF GRIEVOUS DEATHS,.... Such as the sword, famine, and
pestilence. The Targum particularly adds famine. It may be rendered,
"deaths of diseases, or sicknesses" u; such as are brought on...
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They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither
shall they be buried; [but] they shall be as dung upon the face of the
earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by fam...
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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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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. Thos...
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God in these verses opens the reason why he would not have the prophet
marry nor multiply relations. In evil and calamitous times, those who
multiply relations do but multiply sorrows and afflictions...
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Jeremiah 16:4 die H4191 (H8799) gruesome H8463 deaths H4463 lamented
H5594 (H8735) buried H6912 (H8735) refuse H1828 face H6440 earth H127
consumed H3615 (H8799) sword H2719 famine H7458 corpses H5038...
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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 m...
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1 Kings 14:10; 1 Kings 14:11; 1 Kings 21:23; 1 Kings 21:24; 2 Kings
9:10; 2 Kings 9:36; 2 Kings 9:37; Amos 6:10; Amos 6:9; Ezekiel 39:17;...