Jeremiah 16:8

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

6When people die, nobody will bury them, whether they are rich people or poor people. Nobody will weep for them. People will not cut their bodies because they are upset. They will not cut the hair from their heads. 7Nobody will take food to comfort families when someone has died. Even if their mother or their father has died, nobody will bring any wine to comfort them. Do not join with people who are eating a feast because they are happy. Do not go into their house to eat and drink with them. 9I, the Lord Almighty, Israel's God, tell you what I will do. I will stop their happy songs and their marriage parties in this place. You will see this happen while you are still alive. 10Tell the people everything that I have said. Then they will ask you, “Why has the Lord told us that he will punish us so much? What wrong things have we done? What sin have we done against the Lord, our God?”

Jeremiah 16:8 word by word

וּבֵית־מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה לֹא־תָב֖וֹא לָשֶׁ֣בֶת אוֹתָ֑ם לֶאֱכֹ֖ל וְלִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt not also goבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• of feastingמִשְׁתֶּהmishteh · feastH4960
• to sitיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• with them to eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• and to drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354

Cross-references for Jeremiah 16:8

• Jeremiah 15:17When people were enjoying wild parties, I did not join with them. I sat alone, because you held me. You caused me to be angry with those people.
• Psalms 26:4I do not become a friend of people who tell lies. I do not join together with hypocrites.
• Ecclesiastes 7:2If you go to a house where there is a funeral, that is better for you than to go to a party. Everyone will die one day. People should think about death while they are still alive.
• Isaiah 22:12At that time, the Lord Almighty told you to be very sad and weep. He told you to cut all the hair off your heads and to wear rough clothes.
• Amos 6:4You lie on beautiful, expensive beds. You do not work, but you rest all the time. You eat fat young sheep and cows.
• Matthew 24:38In Noah's time, in the days before the flood, people were eating their meals every day. Men married women and women married men. They continued to do all these things until the day that Noah went into his big boat.
• Luke 17:27In Noah's time, people were eating their meals every day. Men and women continued to marry. They continued to do all this until the day when Noah went into his boat. Then it rained for a long time and there was deep water everywhere. The water killed all the people.
• 1 Corinthians 5:11Now I am telling you this: I was talking about people who say that they are believers. If they say that, but they have sex in a wrong way, do not be friends with them. It is the same if they want many things for themselves. They may worship idols. They may insult people. They may often get drunk. They may deceive people and rob them. If one of your own group does things like that, do not even agree to eat a meal with them.
• Ephesians 5:11People whose minds are in the dark do things that have no good purpose. Keep away from wrong things like that. Instead, show how bad those things really are.

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

• Mourning
• banquet

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