Text -- Jeremiah 16:1-3 (NET)

Jeremiah Forbidden to Marry, to Mourn, or to Feast

16:1 The Lord said to me, 16:2 “Do not get married and do not have children here in this land. 16:3 For I, the Lord, tell you what will happen to the children who are born here in this land and to the men and women who are their mothers and fathers.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jer 16:3

¹ tn Heb “For thus says the Lord concerning…”

² tn Heb “Thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are born in the place and concerning their mothers who give them birth and their fathers who fathered them in this land.”