Jeremiah 16:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Jeremiah, don't get married and have children—Judah is no place to raise a family.

Cross References

Genesis 19:14

Lot went to the men who were engaged to his daughters and said, “Hurry and get out of here! The LORD is going to destroy this city.” But they thought he was joking, and they laughed at him.

Jeremiah 16:1

The LORD said to me:

Jeremiah 16:3

I'll tell you what's going to happen to children and their parents here.

Jeremiah 29:6

Get married and have children, then help your sons find wives and help your daughters find husbands, so they can have children as well. I want your numbers to grow, not to get smaller.

Lamentations 2:22

When you were angry, LORD, you invited my enemies like guests for a party. No one survived that day; enemies killed my children, my own little ones.

Matthew 24:19

It will be a terrible time for women who are expecting babies or nursing young children.

Luke 21:23

It will be an awful time for women who are expecting babies or nursing young children! Everywhere in the land people will suffer horribly and be punished.

Luke 23:29

Some day people will say, “Women who never had children are really fortunate!”