As marriage was obligatory for the Jews, the prohibition of it to Jeremiah was a sign that the impending calamity was so great as to override all o…

Thou shalt not take thee a wife ... —The words came to an Israelite and to a priest with a force which we can hardly unde…

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…

You shall not take yourself a wife Not because it was unlawful; for it was lawful for prophets to marry, and they did; bu…

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.