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For thus says Yahweh, Don`t enter into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, says Yahweh, even lovingkindness and tender mercies.
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A Prophetic Lifestyle
Scholars explain that God's command for Jeremiah to avoid mourning was a powerful, public sign. By abstaining from normal social customs, his life became a living sermon, demonstrating to the people the terrible certainty and severity of the coming judgment. His actions showed that the impending disaster would be so great that normal rituals of grief would become impossible.
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Jeremiah
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19th Century
Anglican
The house of mourning. —Better, mourning-feast. The word is found only here and in Amos 6:7, where it is translated “banq…
16th Century
Protestant
As Jeremiah was forbidden at the beginning of the chapter to take a wife, because a dreadful devastation of the whole land was very near, so now Go…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For thus says the Lord, enter not into the house of mourning , &c.] On account of his dead relations or neighbours; …
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Presbyterian
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…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, the Lord forbids the prophet from associating with the condemned people.
First, He gives the sentence, and second, He gives …
