Jeremiah 16:8

8 "Moreover you shall 1not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink."

Jeremiah 16:8 In-Context

6 "Both great men and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, they will not be lamented, nor will anyone gash himself or shave his head for them.
7 "Men will not break bread in mourning for them, to comfort anyone for the dead, nor give them a cup of consolation to drink for anyone's father or mother.
8 "Moreover you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink."
9 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Behold, I am going to eliminate from this place, before your eyes and in your time, the voice of rejoicing and the voice of gladness, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride.
10 "Now when you tell this people all these words, they will say to you, 'For what reason has the LORD declared all this great calamity against us? And what is our iniquity, or what is our sin which we have committed against the LORD our God?'

Cross References 1

  • 1. Ecclesiastes 7:2-4; Isaiah 22:12-14; Jeremiah 15:17; Amos 6:4-6
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