耶利米书 16:1-2 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 16:2

Thou shalt not take thee a wife . So St. Paul, "I think therefore that this is good by reason of the present distress, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is ( 1 Corinthians 7:26 , Revised Version); and Hosea has already drawn an awful picture of "Ephraim bringing forth his children to the murderer" ( Hosea 9:9 ). In ordinary times it was a kind of unwritten law among the Israelites to marry and beget children. Most of the prophets (e.g. Isaiah) appear to have been married. In... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 16:2

Forbidding to marry. I. CELIBACY IS NOT A SCRIPTURAL VIRTUE . Marriage is a Divine institution. It is natural, and God is the Author of nature; it is recognized and regulated by inspired teaching and blessed by Christ; it is a means of human welfare. II. CELIBACY MAY BE WISELY OBSERVED IN CIRCUMSTANCES OF PECULIAR TROUBLE . Such were the circumstances of Judah in the clays of Jeremiah; such, in the opinion of St. Paul, were the circumstances of his own... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 16:1

In this prophecy Jeremiah 16:1-18, the punishment of the people is set forth in even sterner terms than in the last. The whole land is likened to a desert covered with the bodies of the dead, who lie unbemoaned and uncared for; and the prophet himself is commanded to abstain from the common usages of mankind that his motto of life, as well as his words, may warn the people of the greatness of the approaching calamity. There is, however, to be finally a return from exile, but only after the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 16:2

As marriage was obligatory upon the Jews, the prohibition of it to Jeremiah was a sign that the impending calamity was so great as to override all ordinary duties. Jeremiah was unmarried, but the force of the sign lay in its being an exception to the ordinary practice of the prophets.In this place - The whole of Judaea. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 16:1-4

Jeremiah 16:1-4. 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 things in Judea. “Fruitfulness was promised as a blessing under the law, Deuteronomy 28:4, but ceased to be so in such difficult times as were coming upon the Jewish nation. For parents could not promise to themselves any comfort in their children, who must be exposed to the many... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:1-21

Symbolic actions (16:1-21)Again God instructs his prophet concerning certain courses of action designed to attract the people’s attention. Jeremiah is to be a living reminder to the Judeans of what will happen to them if they do not repent. Firstly, he is not to marry or have children, as a grim warning to people that those with families will have greater distress when the final slaughter comes (16:1-4). Secondly, he is not to attend any funeral, as a warning that when Judah falls there will be... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 16:1

Jeremiah's Eleventh prophecy (see book comments for Jeremiah). the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 16:1

JEREMIAH 16FAMILY; FUNERALS; AND FESTIVITIES - FORBIDDEN TO JEREMIAHThe following chapter divisions were suggested by Henderson:[1] (1) Jeremiah forbidden to marry and have a family (Jeremiah 16:1-2); (2) God's explanation for this prohibition (Jeremiah 16:2-4); (3) funeral celebrations also forbidden (Jeremiah 16:5-7); (4) festival celebrations likewise prohibited (Jeremiah 16:8-9); (5) God's further elaboration of the reasons for such penalties (Jeremiah 16:10-13); (6) a prophecy of Israel's... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 16:1

Jeremiah 16:1. The word of the Lord came, &c.— We have here a new discourse, wherein God forbids Jeremiah to marry, principally to mark out the miseries of parents, in the confused and ruinous state of things in Judaea. Fruitfulness was promised as a blessing under the law, but ceased to be so in such difficult times as were coming: for what comfort can parents promise themselves in their children, who must be exposed to all the miseries of a hostile invasion, and the insults of a barbarous... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 16:2

2. in this place—in Judea. The direction to remain single was (whether literally obeyed, or only in prophetic vision) to symbolize the coming calamities of the Jews ( :-) as so severe that the single state would be then (contrary to the ordinary course of things) preferable to the married (compare 1 Corinthians 7:8; 1 Corinthians 7:26; 1 Corinthians 7:29; Matthew 24:19; Luke 23:29). read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 16:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 16:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 16:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 16:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 16:1-4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:1-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 16:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 16:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 16:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 16:2

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