Jeremiah 16:8

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And you shall not enter the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and drink.

Latin

Et domum convivii non ingrediaris, ut sedeas cum eis, et comedas, et bibas.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Jeremiah 16:8–9

The ban on attending feasts and parties isolated Jeremiah from meaningful social contact, but the Lord considered it important. Soon, the entire nation and its social interactions would end.

Jeremiah 16:1–18

Jeremiah's life served as a sign or parable (see “Prophetic Sign Acts” Theme Note). The Lord instructed him not to marry (Jeremiah 16:1–4), not to attend funerals (16:5–7) or celebrations (16:8–9).

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Ecclesiastes 7:2–4
It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
Jeremiah 15:17
I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
Amos 6:4–6
You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
Isaiah 22:12–14
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
Ephesians 5:11
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
Matthew 24:38
For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
Luke 17:27–29
People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
1 Corinthians 5:11
But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
Psalm 26:4
I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Jeremiah (Person) Peace

Topics

Burial: Followed by a Feast Idolatry: Punishment of Dreadful Judgments Which End in Death

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