Jeremías 16:8

8 »No vayas a sus fiestas ni a sus banquetes. Ni siquiera comas o bebas con ellos.

Jeremías 16:8 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 16:8

Thou shall not also go into the house of feasting
Which it was lawful to do, and which the prophet doubtless had done at other times; but now a time of calamity coming on, it was not proper he should; and the rather he was to abstain from such places, and from pleasant conversation with his friends, to assure them that such a time was coming, and this his conduct was a sign of it; for which reason he is forbid to attend any entertainment of his friends, on account of marriage, or any other circumstance of life, for which feasts were used: to sit with them to eat and to drink:
which not only expresses the position at table, but continuance there; for at feasts men not only eat and drink for necessity, or just to satisfy nature, but for pleasure, and unto and with cheerfulness; which may lawfully be done, provided that temperance and sobriety be preserved; but the prophet is not allowed to do that now, which at other times he might do, and did; and that on purpose that his friends might take notice of it, and inquire the reason of it, the distress that was coming upon them, as the words following show.

Jeremías 16:8 In-Context

6 Tanto el grande como el humilde morirán en esta tierra. Nadie los enterrará ni se lamentará por ellos. Sus amigos no se cortarán la piel ni se afeitarán la cabeza en señal de tristeza.

7 Nadie ofrecerá una comida para consolar a quienes estén de luto por un muerto, ni siquiera por la muerte de una madre o de un padre. Nadie enviará una copa de vino para consolarlos.

8 »No vayas a sus fiestas ni a sus banquetes. Ni siquiera comas o bebas con ellos.

9 Pues esto dice el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales, Dios de Israel: en sus propios días y ante sus propios ojos pondré fin a las risas y a las canciones alegres en esta tierra. Ya no se oirán las voces felices de los novios ni de las novias.

10 »Cuando le digas todas estas cosas a la gente, ellos te preguntarán: “¿Por qué el Señor
decretó cosas tan terribles contra nosotros? ¿Qué hemos hecho para merecer semejante trato? ¿Cuál es nuestro pecado contra el Señor
nuestro Dios?”.