1 Corinthians 7:26; 1 Corinthians 7:27; Genesis 19:14; Luke 21:23; Luke 23:29; Matthew 24:19
As marriage was obligatory upon the Jews, the prohibition of it to Jeremiah was a sign that the impending calamity was so great as to override all...
Thou shalt not take (a) thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons nor daughters in this place. (a) Meaning that the affliction would be so horrible...
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 sorro...
This is a new discourse, which yet is not unlike many others, except in this particular, that the Prophet was not to marry a wife nor beget c...
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place. Those shalt not take thee a wife - As it would be very inco...
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place. Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou...
1-13. Selfdenial and an ascetic, life are to be the prophet's lot.
Thou shalt not take thee a wife... — The words came to an Israelite and to a priest with a force which we can hardly understand. With them marriage...
The controversy was immediately followed by a new charge to the prophet. Jehovah called him to a life of personal asceticism, commanding that he abst...
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...
Thou shall not take thee a wife ,.... Not because it was unlawful; for it was lawful for prophets to marry, and they did; but because it was not adv...
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place. Ver. 2. Thou shalt not take thee a wife, &c. ] It is...
The word of the Lord came , &c. Here begins a new discourse, wherein God forbids Jeremiah to marry, principally with a view to show the miseries...
Prohibitions Given to Jeremiah. B. C. 605. ...
It is uncertain whether what we have in this chapter be a new revelation, or a continuance of his former prophecy. God commandeth the prophet in it u...
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 Comin...
The First Sign: Abstention From Marriage And Childbearing ( Jeremiah 16:2-4 ). Jeremiah's abstention from marriage and childbearing was in order t...
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...
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 t...
EXPOSITION With this chapter should be taken the first eighteen verses of Jeremiah 17:1-24 . The heading of the Authorized Version well express...
The Instruction Of Jehovah
Thou shall not take thee a wife, neither shall thou have sons or daughters in this place, he should not have a family, although this was otherwise se...
2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.