Jeremiah 16:7 - Easy To Read Version

⁷ No person will bring food to the people that are crying for the dead. No person will comfort those people whose mother or father has died. No person will offer a drink to comfort the people that are crying for the dead.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Neither shall men prepare food for the mourners to comfort them for the dead; nor shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ neither shall men break bread for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

Common English Bible

⁷ No one will bring food for the mourner as comfort for the dead. No one will offer a cup of consolation for the loss of father or mother.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And they will not break bread among themselves for the sake of him who mourns, so as to console him over the dead. And they will not give them a chalice to drink, so as to console them over their father and mother.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And they shall not break bread among them to him that mourneth, to comfort him for the dead: neither shall they give them to drink of the cup, to comfort them for their father and mother.

Jeremiah 16:7 Tagairtí Cros

Job 42:11

Then all of Job’s brothers and sisters and all of the people that knew Job before came to his house. They all ate a big meal with Job. They comforted Job. They were sorry that the Lord had brought so much trouble to Job. Each person gave Job a piece of silver {\cf2\super [108]} and a gold ring.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw that many people are treated badly. I saw their tears. And I saw that there was no one to comfort those sad people. I saw cruel people had all the power. And I saw that there was no one to comfort the people they hurt.

Jeremiah 22:10

Don’t cry for the king that has died. {\cf2\super [177]} \par Don’t cry for him.\par But cry very hard for the king\par that must leave this place. {\cf2\super [178]} \par Cry for him\par because he will never come back again.\par Jehoahaz will never see his homeland again.\par

Lamentations 1:9

Jerusalem’s skirts became dirty.\par She didn’t think about the things\par that would happen to her.\par Her fall was amazing.\par She had no person to comfort her.\par She says,\par “Lord, see how I am hurt!\par See how my enemy thinks he is so great!”\par

Ezekiel 24:17

but you must make your sad sounds quietly. Don’t cry out loud for your dead wife. \{You must wear the clothes you normally wear.\} Wear your turban {\cf2\super [206]} and your shoes. Don’t cover your mustache \{to show your sadness\}. And don’t eat the food people normally eat when a person dies.”

Hosea 9:4

The Israelites will not give offerings of wine to the Lord. They will not offer sacrifices to him. Their sacrifices will be like food eaten at a funeral {\cf2\super [87]} —whoever eats it will become unclean. Their bread will not go into the Lord’s temple—they will have to eat that bread by themselves.

Deuteronomy 26:14

I have not eaten this food when I was sad. [165] I was not unclean when I collected this food. [166] I have not offered any of this food for dead people. I have obeyed you, Lord my God. I have done all the things you commanded me.