Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
Verse Takeaways
1
A Living Prophecy
Commentators agree that God's command for Jeremiah to remain unmarried was a powerful, symbolic act. In a culture where marriage was considered a duty, Jeremiah's celibacy served as a shocking, living prophecy, demonstrating the severity of the coming judgment in a way words alone could not.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Jeremiah
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
Commentaries
5
Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 16:2
18th Century
Theologian
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 16:2
19th Century
Bishop
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…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 16:1–4
16th Century
Theologian
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…
Go Ad-Free
Go ad-free and create your own bookmark library
John Gill
On Jeremiah 16:2
17th Century
Pastor
You shall not take yourself a wife Not because it was unlawful; for it was lawful for prophets to marry, and they did; bu…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 16:1–9
17th Century
Minister
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…