“Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?” Jeremiah 16:20 confronts the ultimate absurdity of human idolatry, challenging the irrational logic of worshiping creations made by…

“Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.” The Prophetic Burden of Isolation In Jeremiah 16, God commands His…

“The word of the Lord came also unto me, saying,” Context:The book of Jeremiah is a prophetic book in the Old Testament, written by the prophet Jeremiah. Jeremiah served as…

“For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that…

“They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they…

“For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith…

“Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for…

“Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or…

“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…

“And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil…