New King James Version
Jeremiah 16:8
8Also you shall not go into the house of feasting 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 Living Translation (NLT)“And do not go to their feasts and parties. Do not eat and drink with them at all.
Context of Jeremiah 16:8
6Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried; neither shall men lament for them, cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them. 7Nor shall men break bread in mourning for them, to comfort them for the dead; nor shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or their mother. Also you shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.” 9For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will cause to cease from 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. 10“And it shall be, when you show this people all these words, and they say to you, ‘Why has the Lord pronounced all this great disaster against us? Or what is our iniquity? Or 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 did not sit in the assembly of the mockers, Nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because of Your hand, For You have filled me with indignation.
- Psalms 26:4I have not sat with idolatrous mortals, Nor will I go in with hypocrites.
- Ecclesiastes 7:2Better to go to the house of mourning Than to go to the house of feasting, For that is the end of all men; And the living will take it to heart.
- Isaiah 22:12And in that day the Lord God of hosts Called for weeping and for mourning, For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.
- Amos 6:4Who lie on beds of ivory, Stretch out on your couches, Eat lambs from the flock And calves from the midst of the stall;
- Matthew 24:38For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,
- Luke 17:27They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
- 1 Corinthians 5:11But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.
- Ephesians 5:11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather 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
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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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