Their widows are increased more than the sand of the seas. I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday. I have caused anguish and terrors to fall on her suddenly.
Jeremiah 16:3 - Y'all Version Bible For YHWH says concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and their fathers who became their father in this land: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place and concerning the mothers who bore them and the fathers who begot them in this land: American Standard Version (1901) For thus saith Jehovah concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land: Common English Bible This is what the LORD proclaims concerning children who are born in this place and their mothers and fathers who give birth to them in this place: Catholic Public Domain Version For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are conceived in this place, and concerning their mothers who give birth to them, and concerning their fathers, from whose stock they have been born in this land: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For thus saith the Lord, concerning the sons and daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bore them, and concerning their fathers of whom they were born in this land: |
Their widows are increased more than the sand of the seas. I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday. I have caused anguish and terrors to fall on her suddenly.
“You must not take a wife, neither are you to have sons or daughters in this place.”
For YHWH says, “Don’t enter into the house of mourning. Don’t go to lament. Don’t bemoan them, for I have taken away my peace from this people,” says YHWH, “my lovingkindness and tender mercies.
For YHWH Almighty, the God of Israel says: “Look, before y’all’s eyes and in y’all’s days, I will eliminate from this place the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
Therefore YHWH says, “I am going to lay stumbling blocks before this people. The fathers and the sons together will stumble against them. The neighbor and his friend will perish.”
‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Lord YHWH says: ‘Look! I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of y’all’s power, the desire of y’all’s eyes, and the delight y’all’s soul. The sons and daughters y’all left behind will fall by the sword.