Jeremias 16:8

8 “Não entre numa casa em que há um banquete, para se assentar com eles a fim de comer e beber”.

Jeremias 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.

Jeremias 16:8 In-Context

6 “Tanto grandes como pequenos morrerão nesta terra; não serão sepultados nem se pranteará por eles; não se farão incisões nem se rapará a cabeça por causa deles.

7 Ninguém oferecerá comida para fortalecer os que pranteiam pelos mortos; ninguém dará de beber do cálice da consolação nem mesmo pelo pai ou pela mãe.

8 “Não entre numa casa em que há um banquete, para se assentar com eles a fim de comer e beber”.

9 Porque assim diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos, o Deus de Israel: “Farei cessar neste lugar, diante dos olhos de vocês e durante a vida de vocês, a voz de júbilo e a voz de alegria, a voz do noivo e a voz da noiva.

10 “Quando você falar todas essas coisas a este povo e eles perguntarem a você: ‘Por que o SENHOR determinou uma desgraça tão terrível contra nós? Que delito ou pecado cometemos contra o SENHOR, contra o nosso Deus?’,