Jeremiah 16:5 - The Scriptures 1998

⁵ For thus said יהוה, “Do not enter the house of mourning, neither go to lament or mourn for them, for I have withdrawn My peace from this people,” declares יהוה, “even the kindness and the compassions.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ For thus says the Lord: Enter not into the house of mourning, nor go to lament or bemoan [the dead], for I have taken away My peace from this people, says the Lord, even My steadfast love and loving-kindness and tender mercy.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ For thus saith Jehovah, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith Jehovah, even lovingkindness and tender mercies.

Common English Bible

⁵ This is what the LORD says: Don’t enter a house where there is mourning; don’t grieve or lament for them, for I have taken away my blessing, kindness, and mercy from this people, declares the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ For thus says the Lord: "You shall not enter the house of feasting, and you shall not go to mourn or to console them. For I have taken away from this people, says the Lord, my peace, my mercy, and my pity.

Jeremiah 16:5 Cross References

Psalm 25:6

Remember, O יהוה, Your compassion and Your kindnesses, For they are from everlasting.

Isaiah 27:11

When its twigs are dry, they are broken off, women come and set them on fire. For it is a people of no understanding, therefore He who made them has no compassion on them, and He who formed them shows them no favour.

Jeremiah 12:12

“The ravagers have come on all the bare heights in the wilderness, for the sword of יהוה  is devouring from one end of the land to the other end of the land. There is no peace to any flesh.

Jeremiah 13:14

“And I shall dash them one against another, both the fathers and the sons together,” declares יהוה. “I do not spare nor pardon nor have compassion, that I should not destroy them.” ’ ”

Jeremiah 16:13

‘So I shall throw you out of this land into a land that you do not know, neither you nor your fathers. And there you shall serve other mighty ones day and night, where I show you no favour.’

Lamentations 3:17

And You have removed my being far from peace, I have forgotten goodness.

Zechariah 8:10

‘For before these days there was not a wage for a man, nor a hire for beast, and there was no peace for him who went out or came in, because of his enemies, and I set all men one against another.

Deuteronomy 31:17

“Then My displeasure shall burn against them in that day, and I shall forsake them and hide My face from them, and they shall be consumed. And many evils and distresses shall come upon them, and it shall be said in that day, ‘Is it not because our Elohim is not in our midst that these evils have come upon us?’

Revelation 6:4

And another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was given to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that they should slay one another. And a great sword was given to him.