Christian Standard Bible
Jeremiah 16:8
8Do not enter the house where feasting is taking place to sit with them to eat and drink.
Jeremiah 16:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
- New International Version (NIV)“And do not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down to eat and drink.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Also you shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.”
Context of Jeremiah 16:8
6“Both great and small will die in this land without burial. No lament will be made for them, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them. 7Food won’t be provided for the mourner to comfort him because of the dead. A consoling drink won’t be given him for the loss of his father or mother. Do not enter the house where feasting is taking place to sit with them to eat and drink. 9For this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am about to eliminate from this place, before your very eyes and in your time, the sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride. 10“When you tell these people all these things, they will say to you, ‘Why has the Lord declared all this terrible disaster against us? What is our iniquity? What is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?’
Read all of Jeremiah 16Jeremiah 16:8 word by word
וּבֵית־מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה לֹא־תָב֖וֹא לָשֶׁ֣בֶת אוֹתָ֑ם לֶאֱכֹ֖ל וְלִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 16:8
- Jeremiah 15:17I never sat with the band of revelers, and I did not celebrate with them. Because your hand was on me, I sat alone, for you filled me with indignation.
- Psalms 26:4I do not sit with the worthless or associate with hypocrites.
- Ecclesiastes 7:2It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, since that is the end of all mankind, and the living should take it to heart.
- Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord God of Armies called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads, and for the wearing of sackcloth.
- Amos 6:4They lie on beds inlaid with ivory, sprawled out on their couches, and dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
- Matthew 24:38For in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah boarded the ark.
- Luke 17:27People went on eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage until the day Noah boarded the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
- 1 Corinthians 5:11But actually, I wrote you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister and is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or verbally abusive, a drunkard or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.
- Ephesians 5:11Don’t participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 16:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting - Funeral banquets were made to commemorate the dead, and comfort the surviving relatives; and the cup of consolation, strong mingled wine, was given to those who were deepest in distress, to divert their minds and to soothe their sorrows. These kinds of ceremonies were common among almost all the nations of the world on funeral occasions. The Canaanites, the Jews, the Persians, Arabians, New Zealanders…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9The ban on attending feasts and parties isolated Jeremiah from meaningful social contact, but the Lord considered it important. Soon, the entire nation and its social interactions would end.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. house of feasting--joyous: as distinguished from mourning-feasts. Have no more to do with this people whether in mourning or joyous feasts.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Jeremiah 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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