Jeremiah 16:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Neither shall men tearb themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. ”

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

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 comfor...
Jeremiah 16:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Neither shall [men] tear [themselves] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall [men] give them the (d) cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. (d)...
Jeremiah 16:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 16:1 to Jeremiah 17:18 . The Coming Distress a Penalty for Sin. The prophet is forbidden to found a family, because of the coming sorrows ( cf. 1 Corinthians 7:29 ff.), in which deat...
Jeremiah 16:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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...
Jeremiah 16:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

With regard to the seventh verse, (161) we may learn from it what I have already referred to, — that the Jews made funeral feasts, that children and widows might receive some relief to their s...
Jeremiah 16:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
Jeremiah 16:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Neither shall men tear themselves for them, &c.— Neither shall men break bread in mourning to comfort them, &c. Houbigant, &c. See John 11:19 . Proverbs 31:6 . Tobit orders his son...
Jeremiah 16:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. Neither...
Jeremiah 16:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-13. Selfdenial and an ascetic, life are to be the prophet's lot.
Jeremiah 16:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Neither shall men tear themselves. — The marginal reading, “Neither shall men break bread for them, ” as in Isaiah 58:7 ; Lamentations 4:4 , gives the true meaning. We are entering upon another...
Jeremiah 16:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The controversy was immediately followed by a new charge to the prophet. Jehovah called him to a life of personal asceticism, commanding that he abstain from both mourning and mirth. That is to say,...
Jeremiah 16:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I venture to read this precept given to Jeremiah concerning marriage while in Babylon, both with a national and spiritual view. No alliances were to be made by the people of God, with their idolatrou...
Jeremiah 16:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Neither shall men tear themselves ,.... Either their flesh, or their clothes: or, "stretch out" y; that is, their hands, and clap them together, and wring them, as persons in great distress do: or "...
Jeremiah 16:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Neither shall [men] tear [themselves] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall [men] give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. Ver. 7....
Jeremiah 16:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 a...
Jeremiah 16:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prohibitions Given to Jeremiah. B. C. 605. 1 The word of the L ORD came also unto me, s...
Jeremiah 16:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBHeb; Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning to comfort them for the dead: if we allow our translation here of the word odp with the word supplied, themselves , it will be hard...
Jeremiah 16:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah Was Not To Take A Wife Or Have Sons And Daughters, Attend Funerals, Or Participate in Feasting, As A Sign Of The Devastation That Was Coming On Judah Which Would Transform Life For All Its...
Jeremiah 16:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter. Chapter s 16 and 17 form one prophecy. The taunt in chap. Jeremiah 17:15 shows that this message from God was delivered before the cap...
Jeremiah 16:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 16:2 . Thou shalt not take thee a wife in this place. The prohibition implies the honour of the state of matrimony, because it respects the sentence against a devoted nation. Our Saviour...
Jeremiah 16:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION With this chapter should be taken the first eighteen verses of Jeremiah 17:1-24 . The heading of the Authorized Version well expresses the contents of Jeremiah 17:1-24 , provided th...
Jeremiah 16:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Instruction Of Jehovah
Jeremiah 16:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 26:14 ; Ezekiel 24:17 ; Hosea 9:4 ; Job 42:11 ; Proverbs 31:6 ; Proverbs 31:7
Jeremiah 16:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Deal bread — It was a custom among them, when they had any friend, that had lost his relations, to send them some meat (for among the Hebrews all things they ate were called bread) and then to go a...

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

Jeremiah 16:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 16:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 16:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 16:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 16:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 16:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 16:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 16:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 16:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 16:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 16:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 16:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 16:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 16:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 16:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 16:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 16:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 16:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 16:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 16:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 16:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 16:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 16:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes