Jeremiah 16:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.

Enter not ... neither lament - (Ezekiel 24:17; Ezekiel 24:22-23).

House of mourning - (Mark 5:38). х Marzeeach (H4798)] margin, mourning-feast; such feasts were usual at funerals. So Jerome translates 'to the house of the (mourning) banquet.' The Hebrew means, in Amos 6:7, the cry of joy at a banquet; here, the cry of sorrow.

Jeremiah 16:5

5 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning,a neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.