In this prophecy (Jeremiah 16:1–18), the punishment of the people is set forth in even sterner terms than in the last. The whole land i…

The word of the Lord came also to me.— The formula introduces a new and distinct message, extending to Jeremiah 17:18, an…

This is a new discourse, which still is not unlike many others, except in this particular, that the Prophet was not to marry a wife nor beget c…

The word of the Lord came to me, saying .
] The Targum is, the word of prophecy from the Lord: whether this is a new…

The prophet must conduct himself as one who expected to see his country ruined very shortly. Anticipating sad times, he is to abstain from marriage…

1. Here, the Lord forbids the prophet from associating with the condemned people.