Jeremiah 16:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

You are not to take a wife for yourself or have sons or daughters in this place.

Cross References

Genesis 19:14

And Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were married to his daughters, Come, let us go out of this place, for the Lord is about to send destruction on the town. But his sons-in-law did not take him seriously.

Jeremiah 16:1

Then again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Jeremiah 16:3

For this is what the Lord has said about the sons and daughters who come to birth in this place, and about their mothers who have given them birth, and about their fathers who have given life to them in this land:

Jeremiah 29:6

Take wives and have sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may have sons and daughters; and be increased in number there and do not become less.

Lamentations 2:22

As in the day of a holy meeting you have made fears come round me on every side, and no one got away or was kept safe in the day of the Lord's wrath: those who were folded in my arms, whom I took care of, have been sent to their destruction by my hater.

Matthew 24:19

But it will be hard for women who are with child and for those with babies at the breast in those days.

Luke 21:23

It will be hard for women who are with child, and for her with a baby at the breast, in those days. For great trouble will come on the land, and wrath on this people.

Luke 23:29

And they will say to the mountains, Come down on us, and to the hills, Be a cover over us.