Jeremiah 16

Jeremiah 16
Book of Jeremiah in Hebrew Bible, MS. Sassoon 1053, images 283-315.
Book Book of Jeremiah
Bible part Old Testament
Order in the Bible part 24
Category Nevi'im

Jeremiah 16 is the sixteenth chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, and is a part of the Books of the Prophets.[1][2]

Text

Textual versions

Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:

Ancient translations in Koine Greek:

Structure

NKJV groups this chapter into:

Verse 2

"You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place."[3]
  • Celibacy was not normal, as large families were indicative of blessings, but Jeremiah is appointed to a life with God as "his sole comfort and support."[4] Jeremiah's lifestyle serves as a "symbolic enactment of God's word" (Hosea 1:2-9; Isaiah 8:3-4).[5]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ J. D. Davis. 1960. A Dictionary of the Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House.
  2. ↑ Theodore Hiebert, et al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume VI. Nashville: Abingdon.
  3. ↑ Jeremiah 16:2
  4. ↑ The Nelson Study Bible 1997, p. 1254-1255.
  5. ↑ The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Augmented Third Edition, New Revised Standard Version, Indexed. Michael D. Coogan, Marc Brettler, Carol A. Newsom, Editors. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2007. p. 1103-1105 Hebrew Bible. ISBN 978-0195288810

Bibliography

  • The Nelson Study Bible. Thomas Nelson, Inc. 1997. ISBN 9780840715999.

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