Verses 3-4
The reason for this command was that the people living in Judah then were soon going to die horrible deaths. The exile was imminent.
"Jeremiah married no one, signifying the end of the relationship between the people and the Lord, and had no children, signifying the resulting destitution." [Note: Kelley, p. 216.]
Perhaps the Lord also wanted to spare Jeremiah the sorrow of seeing his wife and children die horrible deaths. The sorrow and grief connected with the Babylonian invasion would be much greater than the joys of family life if he were to marry and father children.
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