Jeremiah 16:8

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Jeremiah 16:8

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Berean Standard Bible

You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink.

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KJV

King James Version

Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

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WEB

World English Bible

“You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.”

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ASV

American Standard Version

And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Jeremiah 16

⁶ “Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.

⁷ No food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.

⁸ You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink.

⁹ For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.

¹⁰ When you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, ‘Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? What is our iniquity? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?’

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