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Jeremiah 16:5

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 16:5

Verse 5 of 21

Scripture focus

For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, [even] lovingkindness and mercies.

Jeremiah 16:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 16:5

Theological / Devotional

House of mourning. The LXX reads “mourning feast.” This prohibition emphasized further the seriousness of the troubles that were to come upon Judah (see Eze. 24:15-27; see on Lev. 10:6, 7).

My peace. No greater affliction could come upon the people of Judah than this, for God’s “peace” comprehended all other blessings as the full expression of the Lord’s “lovingkindness and mercies” (see John 14:27; see on Jer. 6:14).

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