Jeremías 16:7

7 no partirán el pan en el duelo para ellos, a fin de consolarlos por el muerto, ni les darán a beber la copa de consolación por su padre o por su madre.

Jeremías 16:7 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 16:7

Neither shall men tear themselves
Either their flesh, or their clothes: or, "stretch out" ^F25; that is, their hands, and clap them together, and wring them, as persons in great distress do: or "divide", or "break", or "deal unto them" ^F26; that is, bread, as at their funeral feasts. Thus the Septuagint version, neither shall bread be broken in their mourning; and to the same sense the Targum; so the word is used in ( Isaiah 63:7 ) , a practice that obtained among the Heathens; see ( Deuteronomy 26:14 ) and now with the Jews, as it seems: which they did for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead;
they used to carry or send food to the surviving relations, and went and ate with them, in order to comfort them for the loss of their friends; but this now would not be done, not because an Heathenish custom, but because they would have no heart nor leisure for it: see ( Ezekiel 24:17 ) . Neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their
father or for their mother:
not give them a cup of good liquor to comfort and cheer their spirits, overwhelmed with sorrow, on account of the death of a father or mother; which was wont to be done, but now should be omitted; the calamity would be so great, and so universal, that there would be none to do such offices as these; see ( Proverbs 31:6 Proverbs 31:7 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (worpy alw) "et non expandent, [sub.] manus suas", Vatablus, Montanus; "extendent", Pagninus, Calvin. So Kimchi and Ben Melech.
F26 "Non divident", Tigurine version; "neque impertientur, [sub.] cibum", Junius & Tremellius; "partientur panem", Piscator; "neque cibum dabunt", Schmidt. So Jarchi, Joseph Kimchi, and Abarbinel.

Jeremías 16:7 In-Context

5 Porque así dice el SEÑOR: No entres en casa de duelo, ni vayas a lamentar, ni los consueles; pues he retirado mi paz de este pueblodeclara el SEÑORla misericordia y la compasión.

6 Morirán grandes y pequeños en esta tierra; no serán enterrados, ni llorados, y nadie se sajará ni se rapará por ellos;

7 no partirán el pan en el duelo para ellos, a fin de consolarlos por el muerto, ni les darán a beber la copa de consolación por su padre o por su madre.

8 Tampoco entres en casa de banquete para sentarte con ellos a comer y beber.

9 Porque así dice el SEÑOR de los ejércitos, el Dios de Israel: He aquí, voy a hacer que desaparezca de este lugar, ante vuestros ojos y en vuestros días, la voz de gozo y la voz de alegría, la voz del novio y la voz de la novia.