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Brenton's Septuagint

Jeremiah 16:8

Thou shalt not enter into the banquet-house, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Scofield Reference Index - Kingdom;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Burial;   Idolatry;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Burial;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Funeral;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Burial;   Mourning;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Lord's Supper. (I.);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Burial;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mourning;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Do not enter the house where feasting is taking place to sit with them to eat and drink.
Hebrew Names Version
You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
King James Version
Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
English Standard Version
You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.
New American Standard Bible
"Moreover, you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink."
New Century Version
"Do not go into a house where the people are having a feast to sit down to eat and drink,
Amplified Bible
"And you [Jeremiah] shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink."
World English Bible
You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt not also goe into the house of feasting to sit with them to eate and to drinke.
Legacy Standard Bible
Moreover you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink."
Berean Standard Bible
You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink.
Contemporary English Version
Don't even set foot in a house where there is eating and drinking and celebrating.
Complete Jewish Bible
And you are not to go into any house where there is celebrating to sit with them, eating and drinking.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Jeremiah, don't go into a house where the people are having a party. Don't go into that house and sit down to eat and drink.
George Lamsa Translation
You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them to eat and to drink.
Good News Translation
"Do not enter a house where people are feasting. Do not sit down with them to eat and drink.
Lexham English Bible
And you shall not enter the house of the banquet, to sit with them, to eat and drink."
Literal Translation
Also you shall not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and drink.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou shalt not go in to their feast house, to syt downe, moch lesse to eate or drynke with them.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
Bible in Basic English
And you are not to go into the house of feasting, or be seated with them to take food or drink.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
King James Version (1611)
Thou shalt not also goe into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drinke.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt not go into their feast house, to sit downe to eate or drynke with them:
English Revised Version
And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt not entre in to the hous of feeste, that thou sitte with hem, and ete, and drynke.
Update Bible Version
And you shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
Webster's Bible Translation
Also thou shalt not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
New English Translation
"‘Do not go to a house where people are feasting and sit down to eat and drink with them either.
New King James Version
Also you shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink."
New Living Translation
"And do not go to their feasts and parties. Do not eat and drink with them at all.
New Life Bible
Do not go into a house where they are eating much and sit with them to eat and drink."
New Revised Standard
You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the house of banqueting, shall thou not enter To sit with them, To eat and to drink.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And do not thou go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, and to eat and drink:
Revised Standard Version
You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.
Young's Literal Translation
A house of banqueting thou dost not enter, To sit with them, to eat and to drink,
THE MESSAGE
"And if there happens to be a feast celebrated, don't go there either to enjoy the festivities."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Moreover you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink."

Contextual Overview

1 And thou shalt not take a wife, saith the Lord God of Israel: 2 and there shall be no son born to thee, nor daughter in this place. 3 For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that have born them, and concerning their fathers that have begotten them in this land; 4 They shall die of grievous death; they shall not be lamented, nor buried; they shall be for an example on the face of the earth; and they shall be for the wild beasts of the land, and for the birds of the sky: they shall fall by the sword, and shall be consumed with famine. 5 Thus saith the Lord, Enter not into their mourning feast, and go not to lament, and mourn not for them: for I have removed my peace from this people. 6 They shall not bewail them, nor make cuttings for them, and they shall not shave themselves for them: 7 and there shall be no bread broken in mourning for them for consolation over the dead: they shall not give one to drink a cup for consolation over his father or his mother. 8 Thou shalt not enter into the banquet-house, to sit with them to eat and to drink. 9 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I will make to cease out of this place before your eyes, and in your days, the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jeremiah 15:17, Psalms 26:4, Ecclesiastes 7:2-4, Isaiah 22:12-14, Amos 6:4-6, Matthew 24:38, Luke 17:27-29, 1 Corinthians 5:11, Ephesians 5:11

Reciprocal: Matthew 11:18 - John Luke 7:33 - came

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
And the Lord said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood cries to me out of the ground.
Genesis 16:1
And Sara the wife of Abram bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian maid, whose name was Agar.
Genesis 16:2
And Sara said to Abram, Behold, the Lord has restrained me from bearing, go therefore in to my maid, that I may get children for myself through her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sara.
Genesis 16:4
And he went in to Agar, and she conceived, and saw that she was with child, and her mistress was dishonoured before her.
Genesis 16:5
And Sara said to Abram, I am injured by thee; I gave my handmaid into thy bosom, and when I saw that she was with child, I was dishonoured before her. The Lord judge between me and thee.
Genesis 16:8
And the angel of the Lord said to her, Agar, Sara’s maid, whence comest thou, and wither goest thou? and she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sara.
1 Samuel 26:19
And now let my lord the king hear the word of his servant. If God stirs thee up against me, let thine offering be acceptable: but if the sons of men, they are cursed before the Lord, for they have cast me out this day so that I should not be established in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other Gods.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for soothing will put an end to great offences.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou shall not also go into the house of feasting,.... Which it was lawful to do, and which the prophet doubtless had done at other times; but now a time of calamity coming on, it was not proper he should; and the rather he was to abstain from such places, and from pleasant conversation with his friends, to assure them that such a time was coming, and this his conduct was a sign of it; for which reason he is forbid to attend any entertainment of his friends, on account of marriage, or any other circumstance of life, for which feasts were used:

to sit with them to eat and to drink: which not only expresses the position at table, but continuance there; for at feasts men not only eat and drink for necessity, or just to satisfy nature, but for pleasure, and unto and with cheerfulness; which may lawfully be done, provided that temperance and sobriety be preserved; but the prophet is not allowed to do that now, which at other times he might do, and did; and that on purpose that his friends might take notice of it, and inquire the reason of it, the distress that was coming upon them, as the words following show.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 16:8. Thou shalt not also go into the house of feastingFuneral banquets were made to commemorate the dead, and comfort the surviving relatives; and the cup of consolation, strong mingled wine, was given to those who were deepest in distress, to divert their minds and to soothe their sorrows. These kinds of ceremonies were common among almost all the nations of the world on funeral occasions. The Canaanites, the Jews, the Persians, Arabians, New Zealanders, Huns, &c., &c.


 
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