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A Land Without a Future
Commentators explain that this verse introduces the reason for God's preceding command for Jeremiah not to marry. The coming judgment would be so total that parents and children born in the land were all destined for a horrific death. It would be an act of profound sorrow to bring children into such a doomed situation.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 16:3
18th Century
Theologian
The times were such that for the present distress it was wise for all to abstain from marriage (1 Corinthians 7:26; [Reference…
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…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 16:3
17th Century
Pastor
For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place and concerning their mothers that b…
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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…