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The Lost Comfort of Community
Commentators explain that "breaking bread" and offering a "cup of consolation" were vital community rituals. After a death, friends would bring food and drink to comfort the grieving family. Jeremiah's prophecy indicates a judgment so severe that these fundamental acts of human compassion and support would cease entirely.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 16:7
18th Century
Theologian
Tear themselves - Better as in the margin; “break broad for them.” It was customary upon the death of a relative to fast, and for t…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 16:7
19th Century
Bishop
Neither shall men tear themselves. —The marginal reading, “Neither shall men break bread for them,” as in Isaiah…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 16:6–7
16th Century
Theologian
He pursues the same subject: he says that all would die indiscriminately, the common people as well as the chief men, and that none would be exempt…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 16:7
17th Century
Pastor
Neither shall men tear themselves; Either their flesh, or their clothes: or, "stretch out" F25 ; that is, their hands, a…
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…