Jeremiah 16:7-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 16:5-9

The house of mourning and the house of feasting alike forbidden. It is made plain upon the surface of this command that the house of mourning and the house of feasting are not forbidden in themselves. The man on whom the injunction is laid is a special man, and he is spoken to in special circumstances. All others may cross the threshold of such houses; the prophet alone must remain outside. This peculiar conduct was meant to emphasize his predictions. Every time there is a funeral or a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 16:7

Tear themselves for them . The verb is used in Isaiah 58:7 of breaking bread (the accusative is there expressed), and there is no doubt that this is the meaning here. The only question is whether lahem , for them, should not rather be lekhem , bread. St. Jerome sees here an allusion to the funeral feasts (comp. the parentalia ), and surely he is right. The Jews had a conception of the nature of the life of the other world only less distinct than that of their Egyptian neighbors.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 16:9

The voice of mirth , etc.; a striking deaf, on, repeated from Jeremiah 7:34 . read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 16:7

Tear themselves - Better as in the margin; “break broad for them.” It was customary upon the death of a relative to fast, and for the friends and neighbors after a decent delay to come and comfort the mourner, and urge food upon him 2 Samuel 12:17; food was also distributed at funerals to the mourners, and to the poor.Cup of consolation - Marginal reference note. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 16:7

Jeremiah 16:7. Neither shall men tear themselves for them According to this translation the phrase alludes to another expression of immoderate grief, which consisted in tearing their flesh with their nails. But according to the marginal reading, the sense is, Neither shall men break bread for them; alluding to the mourning-feast, mentioned Jeremiah 16:5. So the LXX., ου μη κλασθη αρτος εν πενθει αυτων εις παρακλησιν επι τεθνηκοτι , “bread shall by no means be broken in their mourning, for... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 16:8-9

Jeremiah 16:8-9. Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting God not only forbade his prophet to go into houses of mourning, but forbade him also to go into houses where people were wont to eat and drink on joyful occasions, because it would be unseasonable, and would not agree with the afflictive dispensations of Providence that were coming on the land and nation. God called aloud for weeping, mourning, and fasting, because he was coming forth against them in his judgments, and... 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 16:7

men tear themselves = break [bread]. Hebrew. paras, to break, used of breaking bread, as in Isaiah 58:7 . Ezekiel 24:17 . Hosea 9:4 , and Revised Version. The Ellipsis , is wrongly supplied in Authorized Version. See the margin there. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 16:9

the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel. See note on Jeremiah 7:3 . God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. . the bride. Compare Jeremiah 7:34 ; Jeremiah 25:10 ; Jeremiah 33:11 read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 16:8

FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS FORBIDDEN"And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, to eat and to drink. For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: 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."The significant thing about these prohibitions is that they removed practically all of the social duties that pertained to Jeremiah,... read more

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