Jeremiah 16:2-4
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.
16:4 They will die of deadly diseases. No one will mourn for them. They will not be buried. Their dead bodies will lie like manure spread on the ground. They will be killed in war or die of starvation. Their corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals.
Genesis 1:27-28
1:27 God created humankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them,
male and female he created them.
1:28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.”
Genesis 9:7
9:7 But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; increase abundantly on the earth and multiply on it.”
Genesis 9:1
God’s Covenant with Humankind through Noah
9:1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
Genesis 5:14
5:14 The entire lifetime of Kenan was 910 years, and then he died.