Jeremías 16:8

8 »No entres en una casa donde haya una celebración, ni te sientes con ellos a comer y beber.

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 En este país morirán grandes y pequeños; nadie llorará por ellos, ni los sepultará; nadie se hará heridas en el cuerpo ni se rapará la cabeza por ellos.

7 Nadie ofrecerá un banquete fúnebre a los que estén de duelo, para consolarlos por el muerto, ni a nadie se le dará a beber la copa del consuelo, aun cuando quien haya muerto sea su padre o su madre.

8 »No entres en una casa donde haya una celebración, ni te sientes con ellos a comer y beber.

9 Porque así dice el SEÑORTodopoderoso, el Dios de Israel: Voy a poner fin en este lugar a toda expresión de alegría y de regocijo, y al cántico del novio y de la novia. Esto sucederá en sus propios días, y ustedes lo verán.

10 »Cuando anuncies a este pueblo todas estas cosas, ellos te preguntarán: “¿Por qué ha decretado el SEÑOR contra nosotros esta calamidad tan grande? ¿Cuál es nuestra iniquidad? ¿Qué pecado hemos cometido contra el SEÑOR nuestro Dios?”