Jeremiah 16:9
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
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Gill's Exposition
And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show this people all these words,.... Or, "all these things" (a); which he was forbid to do; as marrying and having children, going into the house of…
The prophet is here for a sign to the people. They would not regard what he said; let it be tried whether they will regard what he does. In general, he must conduct himself so, in every thing, as…
Du. rejects all these vv. Co. omits 9 13, suspects the genuineness of 14, 15 both here and in Jer 23:7 f., and rejects 16, as well as portions of 17 21. Gi. retains of the whole series only Jer 16:16,…
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