Jeremiah 16:7

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.

Related Commentaries of 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...
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...
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 sorro...
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 Revis...
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 childr...
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 J...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-13. Selfdenial and an ascetic, life are to be the prophet's lot.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Tear themselves for them] RV 'break bread for them.' The reference here and in the rest of the v. is to the custom that the friends should urge...
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 , giv...
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 abst...
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...
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...
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 dri...
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 consis...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prohibitions Given to Jeremiah. B. C. 605. ...
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...
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 Comin...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Second Sign: Abstention From Mourning ( Jeremiah 16:5-7 ). The second sign was to be seen as the abstention from mourning and from attendance...
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...
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 t...
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 express...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Instruction Of Jehovah
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, literally, "break bread for them," to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 26:14 ; Ezekiel 24:17 ; Hosea 9:4 ; Job 42:11 ; Proverbs 31:6 ; Proverbs 31:7
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 t...

⁷ 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.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 16:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 16:7