Jeremiah 16:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Nor do they deal out to them for mourning, To comfort him concerning the dead, Nor cause them to drink a cup of consolations For his father and for his mother.

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  • Ezek 24:17 : 17 Cease to groan, `for' the dead thou dost make no mourning, thy bonnet bind on thee, and thy shoes thou dost put on thy feet, and thou dost not cover over the upper lip, and bread of men thou dost not eat.'
  • Hos 9:4 : 4 They pour not out wine to Jehovah, Nor are they sweet to Him, Their sacrifices `are' as bread of mourners to them, All eating it are unclean: For their bread `is' for themselves, It doth not come into the house of Jehovah.
  • Deut 26:14 : 14 I have not eaten in mine affliction of it, nor have I put away of it for uncleanness, nor have I given of it for the dead; I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah my God; I have done according to all that Thou hast commanded me;
  • Job 42:11 : 11 And come unto him do all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all his former acquaintances, and they eat bread with him in his house, and bemoan him, and comfort him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him, and they gave to him each one kesitah, and each one ring of gold.
  • Prov 31:6-7 : 6 Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul, 7 He drinketh, and forgetteth his poverty, And his misery he remembereth not again.

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  • Jer 16:2-6
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    2 Thou dost not take to thee a wife, Nor hast thou sons and daughters in this place.

    3 For thus said Jehovah, Of the sons and of the daughters who are born in this place, And of their mothers -- those bearing them, And of their fathers -- those begetting them in this land:

    4 Of painful deaths they die, They are not lamented, nor are they buried, For dung on the face of the ground they are, And by sword and by famine are consumed, And their carcase hath been for food To the fowl of the heavens, And to the beast of the earth.

    5 For thus said Jehovah: Do not enter the house of a mourning-feast, Nor go to lament nor bemoan for them, For I have removed My peace from this people, An affirmation of Jehovah, The kindness and the mercies.

    6 And died have great and small in this land, They are not buried, and none lament for them, Nor doth any cut himself, nor become bald for them.

  • 8 A house of banqueting thou dost not enter, To sit with them, to eat and to drink,

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    16 `Son of man, lo, I am taking from thee the desire of thine eyes by a stroke, and thou dost not mourn, nor weep, nor let thy tear come.

    17 Cease to groan, `for' the dead thou dost make no mourning, thy bonnet bind on thee, and thy shoes thou dost put on thy feet, and thou dost not cover over the upper lip, and bread of men thou dost not eat.'

  • 10 Ye do not weep for the dead, nor bemoan for him, Weep ye sore for the traveller, For he doth not return again, Nor hath he seen the land of his birth.

  • 18 Therefore, thus said Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: They do not lament for him, Ah, my brother, and Ah, sister, They do not lament for him, Ah, lord, and Ah, his honour.

  • 15 His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.

  • 4 They pour not out wine to Jehovah, Nor are they sweet to Him, Their sacrifices `are' as bread of mourners to them, All eating it are unclean: For their bread `is' for themselves, It doth not come into the house of Jehovah.

  • 16 `Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers -- each for his own sin, they are put to death.

  • Isa 51:18-19
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    18 There is not a leader to her Out of all the sons she hath borne, And there is none laying hold on her hand Out of all the sons she hath nourished.

    19 These two are meeting thee, who is moved for thee? Spoiling and destruction -- Famine and sword, who -- I comfort thee?

  • Joel 1:8-9
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    8 Wail, as a virgin girdeth with sackcloth, For the husband of her youth.

    9 Cut off hath been present and libation from the house of Jehovah, Mourned have the priests, ministrants of Jehovah.

  • 16 And the people to whom they are prophesying, Are cast into out-places of Jerusalem, Because of the famine, and of the sword, And they have none burying them, Them, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, And I have poured out upon them this evil.

  • 1 `Sons ye `are' to Jehovah your God; ye do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead;

  • 9 With a song they drink not wine, Bitter is strong drink to those drinking it.

  • 14 And have dashed them one against another, And the fathers and the sons together, An affirmation of Jehovah, I do not pity, nor spare, nor have I mercy, So as not to destroy them.

  • 30 and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;

  • 2 Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth `it' unto his heart.

  • 13 And they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking unto him a word when they have seen that the pain hath been very great.

  • 12 For breasts they are lamenting, For fields of desire, for the fruitful vine.

  • 25 And this `one' dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.

  • 10 And removed have been gladness and joy from the fruitful field, And in vineyards they sing not, nor shout, Wine in the presses treadeth not the treader, Shouting I have caused to cease.

  • 14 And have not cried unto Me with their heart, but howl on their beds, For corn and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn aside against Me.

  • 6 Who are drinking with bowls of wine, And `with' chief perfumes anoint `themselves', And have not been pained for the breach of Joseph.

  • 35 and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, `For -- I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,' and his father weepeth for him.

  • 14 Dead -- they live not, Rephaim, they rise not, Therefore Thou hast inspected and dost destroy them, Yea, thou destroyest all their memory.

  • 24 Surely not against the heap Doth He send forth the hand, Though in its ruin they have safety.

  • 12 For though they nourish their sons, I have made them childless -- without man, Surely also, wo to them, when I turn aside from them.

  • 11 nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself;

  • 7 Mourned hath the new wine, languished the vine, Sighed have all the joyful of heart.

  • 20 Thou art not united with them in burial, For thy land thou hast destroyed, Thy people thou hast slain, Not named to the age is the seed of evil doers.

  • 25 And unto any dead man they come not for uncleanness, but for father, and for mother, and for son, and for daughter, for brother, for sister who hath not been to a man, they defile themselves.

  • 10 He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.

  • 12 To their mothers they say, `Where `are' corn and wine?' In their becoming feeble as a pierced one In the broad places of the city, In their soul pouring itself out into the bosom of their mothers.

  • 22 And ye have done as I have done, On the upper lip ye are not covered, And bread of men ye do not eat.

  • 17 And the elders of his house rise against him, to raise him up from the earth, and he hath not been willing, nor hath he eaten with them bread;

  • 6 Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul,

  • 7 He lifteth up, in that day, saying: `I am not a binder up, And in my house is neither bread nor garment, Ye do not make me a ruler of the people.'

  • 64 His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.

  • 4 `Happy the mourning -- because they shall be comforted.

  • 16 And thou dost not pray for this people, Nor lift up for them crying and prayer, Nor intercede with Me, for I hear thee not.

  • 29 In those days they do not say any more: Fathers have eaten unripe fruit, And the sons' teeth are blunted.

  • 10 `And thou hast broken the bottle before the eyes of the men who are going with thee,

  • 17 The dead praise not Jah, Nor any going down to silence.

  • 22 Only -- his flesh for him is pained, And his soul for him doth mourn.'