Jeremiah 16:3

Good News Translation

I will tell you what is going to happen to the children who are born here and to their parents.

Cross References

Jeremiah 15:8

There are more widows in your land than grains of sand by the sea. I killed your young men in their prime and made their mothers suffer. I suddenly struck them with anguish and terror.

Jeremiah 16:2

“Do not marry or have children in a place like this.

Jeremiah 16:5

“You must not enter a house where there is mourning. Do not grieve for anyone. I will no longer bless my people with peace or show them love and mercy.

Jeremiah 16:9

Listen to what I, the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, have to say. I will silence the sounds of joy and gladness and the happy sounds of wedding feasts. The people here will live to see this happen.

Jeremiah 6:21

And so I will make these people stumble and fall. Parents and children will die, and so will friends and neighbors.”

Ezekiel 24:21

to give you Israelites this message: You are proud of the strength of the Temple. You like to look at it and to visit it, but the Lord is going to profane it. And the younger members of your families who are left in Jerusalem will be killed in war.