Jeremiah · Unlocked Literal Bible
Jeremiah 16 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
1 Then Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
2 “Do not take a wife for yourself, and do not have sons or daughters for yourself in this place.
2 “You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.”
3 For Yahweh says this to the sons and daughters who are born in this place, to the mothers who bear them, and to the fathers who caused them to be born in this land,
3 For Yahweh says concerning the sons and concerning the daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers who became their father in this land:
4 'They will die diseased deaths. They will not be mourned or buried. They will be like dung on the ground. For they will come to an end by sword and famine, and their corpses will be food for the birds of the skies and the beasts of the earth.'
4 “They will die grievous deaths. They will not be lamented, neither will they be buried. They will be as dung on the surface of the ground. They will be consumed by the sword and by famine. Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.”
5 For the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 'Do not enter a house where there is mourning. Do not go to mourn or to show sympathy for them, for I have taken away my peace from this people—this is Yahweh's declaration—and my steadfast love and mercy.
5 For Yahweh says, “Don’t enter into the house of mourning. Don’t go to lament. Don’t bemoan them, for I have taken away my peace from this people,” says Yahweh, “even loving kindness and tender mercies.
6 Both the great and the small will die in this land. They will not be buried, and no one will mourn for them or cut themselves or shave their heads for them.
6 Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried. Men won’t lament for them, cut themselves, or make themselves bald for them.
7 No one must share any food in mourning to comfort them because of the deaths, and none must give a comforting cup to his father or his mother in order to comfort them.
7 Men won’t break bread for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead. Men won’t give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
8 You must not go to a banquet house to sit with them in order to eat or drink.'
8 “You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.”
9 For Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, 'See, before your eyes, in your days and in this place, I am about to put an end to the sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the sound of the groom and the sound of the bride.'
9 For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
10 Then it will happen that you will report all these words to this people, and they will say to you, 'Why has Yahweh decreed all this great disaster against us? What is our iniquity and sin that we sinned against Yahweh our God?'
10 It will happen, when you tell this people all these words, and they ask you, ‘Why has Yahweh pronounced all this great evil against us?’ or ‘What is our iniquity?’ or ‘What is our sin that we have committed against Yahweh our God?’
11 So say to them, 'Because your ancestors abandoned me—this is Yahweh's declaration—and they went after other gods and worshiped and bowed down to them. They abandoned me and have not kept my law.
11 then you shall tell them, ‘Because your fathers have forsaken me,’ says Yahweh, ‘and have walked after other gods, have served them, have worshiped them, have forsaken me, and have not kept my law.
12 But you yourselves have brought about more wickedness than your ancestors, for see, each person is walking by the stubbornness of his wicked heart; there is no one who listens to me.
12 You have done evil more than your fathers, for behold, you each walk after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you don’t listen to me.
13 So I will throw you from this land to a land that you have not known, neither you nor your ancestors, and you will worship other gods there by day and night, for I will not give any favor to you.'
13 Therefore I will cast you out of this land into the land that you have not known, neither you nor your fathers. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’
14 Therefore, behold, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when it will no longer be said, 'As Yahweh lives, the one who brought up the people of Israel from the land of Egypt.'
14 “Therefore behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that it will no more be said, ‘As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;’
15 but, 'As Yahweh lives, the one who brought up the people of Israel from the land of the north and from the lands where he had scattered them.' For I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their ancestors.
15 but, ‘As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries where he had driven them.’ I will bring them again into their land that I gave to their fathers.
16 Behold! I will send for many fishermen—this is Yahweh's declaration—so they will fish the people out. After this I will send for many hunters so they will hunt for them among all the mountains and hills, and in rock crevices.
16 “Behold, I will send for many fishermen,” says Yahweh, “and they will fish them up. Afterward I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain, from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
17 For my eye is on all their ways; they cannot be hidden from before me. Their iniquity cannot be concealed from before my eyes.
17 For my eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from my face. Their iniquity isn’t concealed from my eyes.
18 I will first pay back double for their iniquity and sin for their polluting of my land with their disgusting idol figures, and for their filling my inheritance with their disgusting idols.”
18 First I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations.”
19 Yahweh, you are my stronghold and my refuge, my place of safety in the day of distress. The nations will go to you from the ends of the earth and say, “Surely our ancestors inherited deceit. They are empty; there is no profit in them.
19 Yahweh, my strength, my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and will say, “Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, vanity and things in which there is no profit.
20 Do people make gods for themselves? But they are not gods.”
20 Should a man make to himself gods which yet are no gods?”
21 Therefore see! I will cause them to know in this time, I will cause them to know my hand and my power, so they will know that Yahweh is my name.
21 “Therefore behold, I will cause them to know, this once I will cause them to know my hand and my might. Then they will know that my name is Yahweh.”
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 1:4; Jeremiah 1:2; Jeremiah 2:1
- 2 1 Corinthians 7:26–27; Luke 23:29; Genesis 19:14; Luke 21:23; Matthew 24:19
- 3 Jeremiah 16:5; Jeremiah 16:9; Jeremiah 6:21
- 4 Jeremiah 25:33; Psalm 83:10; Jeremiah 9:22; Zephaniah 1:17; Jeremiah 34:20
- 5 Ezekiel 24:16–23; Isaiah 27:11; Jeremiah 15:1–4; Deuteronomy 31:17; Jeremiah 16:6–7
- 6 Deuteronomy 14:1; Jeremiah 47:5; Jeremiah 41:5; Leviticus 19:28; Jeremiah 48:37
- 7 Ezekiel 24:17; Hosea 9:4; Deuteronomy 26:14; Job 42:11; Proverbs 31:6–7
- 8 Ecclesiastes 7:2–4; Jeremiah 15:17; Isaiah 22:12–14; Amos 6:4–6; Luke 17:27–29
- 9 Hosea 2:11; Ezekiel 26:13; Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 25:10; Isaiah 24:7–12
- 10 Jeremiah 5:19; Deuteronomy 29:24–25; 1 Kings 9:8–9; Jeremiah 13:22; Jeremiah 2:35
- 11 Psalm 106:35–41; Ezekiel 11:21; Nehemiah 9:26–29; Jeremiah 22:9; 1 Peter 4:3
- 12 Jeremiah 13:10; Jeremiah 7:26; Ecclesiastes 9:3; Jeremiah 9:14; Jeremiah 7:24
- 13 Deuteronomy 28:36; Deuteronomy 4:26–28; Jeremiah 15:14; Jeremiah 17:4; 2 Chronicles 7:20
- 14 Jeremiah 23:7–8; Deuteronomy 15:15; Exodus 20:2; Hosea 3:4–5; Micah 6:4
- 15 Jeremiah 3:18; Jeremiah 32:37; Jeremiah 24:6; Amos 9:14; Ezekiel 39:28
- 16 Habakkuk 1:14–15; Amos 4:2; Micah 7:2; Revelation 6:15–17; Amos 9:1–3
- 17 Proverbs 15:3; Proverbs 5:21; Jeremiah 23:24; Psalm 90:8; Job 34:21–22
- 18 Isaiah 40:2; Numbers 35:33–34; Jeremiah 17:18; Jeremiah 2:7; Revelation 18:6
- 19 Isaiah 25:4; Nahum 1:7; Jeremiah 17:17; Isaiah 2:2–3; Isaiah 44:10
- 20 Psalm 115:4–8; Isaiah 37:19; Galatians 4:8; Acts 19:26; Isaiah 36:19
- 21 Psalm 9:16; Jeremiah 33:2; Psalm 83:18; Amos 5:8; Exodus 15:3
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