7. Neither… tear themselves Better, as the margin translates, break bread, fitly joined here with the cup of consolation. The allusion is to a custom of going to the home of a bereaved family to comfort them and to urge them to take necessary sustenance. See 2 Samuel 3:35; 2 Samuel 12:16, etc. read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 16:7
7. Neither… tear themselves Better, as the margin translates, break bread, fitly joined here with the cup of consolation. The allusion is to a custom of going to the home of a bereaved family to comfort them and to urge them to take necessary sustenance. See 2 Samuel 3:35; 2 Samuel 12:16, etc. read more