1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Jeremiah 16

1 The prophet, under the types of abstaining from marriage, from houses of mourning and feasting, foresheweth the utter ruin of the Jews, 10 because they were worse than their fathers. 14 Their return from captivity shall be stranger than their deliverance out of Egypt. 16 God will doubly recompense their idolatry.

 16:1 The word 1697 of the LORD 3068 also came 1961 to me saying 559,

 16:2 “You shall not take a wife 802 for yourself nor 3808 have 1961 sons 1121 or daughters 1323 in this 2088 place 4725.”

 16:3 For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 concerning 5921 the sons 1121 and daughters 1323 born 3209 in this 2088 place 4725, and concerning 5921 their mothers 517 who bear 3205 them, and their fathers 1 who beget 3205 them in this 384 land 776:

 16:4 “They will die 4191 of deadly 4463 diseases 8463, they will not be lamented 5594 or buried 6912; they will be as dung 1828 on the surface 6440 of the ground 127 and come 3615 to an end 3615 by sword 2719 and famine 7458, and their carcasses 5038 will become 1961 food 3978 for the birds 5775 of the sky 8064 and for the beasts 929 of the earth 776.”

 16:5 ¶ For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, “Do not enter 935 a house 1004 of mourning 4798, or go 1980 to lament 5594 or to console 5110 them; for I have withdrawn 622 My peace 7965 from this 2088 people 5971a,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068, “[My] lovingkindness 2617a and compassion 7356.

 16:6 “Both great 1419 men 1419 and small 6996a will die 4191 in this 384 land 776; they will not be buried 6912, they will not be lamented 5594, nor 3808 will anyone gash 1413 himself or shave 7139 his head 7139 for them.

 16:7 “Men will not break 6536 [bread] in mourning 60 for them, to comfort 5162 anyone for the dead 4191, nor 3808 give 8248 them a cup 3563a of consolation 8575 to drink 8248 for anyone’s father 1 or mother 517.

 16:8 “Moreover you shall not go 935 into a house 1004 of feasting 4960 to sit 3427 with them to eat 398 and drink 8354.”

 16:9 For thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635, the God 430 of Israel 3478: “Behold 2009, I am going to eliminate 7673a from this 2088 place 4725, before your eyes 5869 and in your time 3117, the voice 6963 of rejoicing 8342 and the voice 6963 of gladness 8057, the voice 6963 of the groom 2860a and the voice 6963 of the bride 3618.

 16:10 ¶ “Now when 3588 you tell 5046 this 2088 people 5971a all 3605 these 428 words 1697, they will say 559 to you, ‘For what 4100 reason 5921 4100 has the LORD 3068 declared 1696 all 3605 this 384 great 1419 calamity 7463a against 5921 us? And what 4100 is our iniquity 5771, or what 4100 is our sin 2403b which 834 we have committed 2398 against the LORD 3068 our God 430?’

 16:11 “Then you are to say 559 to them, ‘[It is] because 5921 834 your forefathers 1 have forsaken 5800a Me,’ declares 5002 the LORD 3068, ‘and have followed 1980 310 other 312 gods 430 and served 5647 them and bowed 7812 down 7812 to them; but Me they have forsaken 5800a and have not kept 8104 My law 8451.

 16:12 ‘You too have done 6213a evil 7451a, [even] more 4480 than 4480 your forefathers 1; for behold 2009, you are each 376 one 376 walking 1980 according 310 to the stubbornness 8307 of his own evil 7451a heart 3820, without 1115 listening 8085 to Me.

 16:13 ‘So I will hurl 2904 you out of this 384 land 776 into the land 776 which 834 you have not known 3045, neither you nor 3808 your fathers 1; and there 8033 you will serve 5647 other 312 gods 430 day 3119 and night 3915, for I will grant 5414 you no 3808 favor 2594.’

 16:14 ¶ “Therefore 3651 behold 2009, days 3117 are coming 935,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068, “when it will no 3808 longer 5750 be said 559, ‘As the LORD 3068 lives 2416a, who 834 brought 5927 up the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 out of the land 776 of Egypt 4714,’

 16:15 but, ‘As the LORD 3068 lives 2416a, who 834 brought 5927 up the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 from the land 776 of the north 6828 and from all 3605 the countries 776 where 834 8033 He had banished 5080 them.’ For I will restore 7725 them to their own land 127 which 834 I gave 5414 to their fathers 1.

 16:16 ¶ “Behold 2009, I am going to send 7971 for many 7227a fishermen 1728,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068, “and they will fish 1770 for them; and afterwards 310 3651 I will send 7971 for many 7227a hunters 6719a, and they will hunt 6679 them from every 3605 mountain 2022 and every 3605 hill 1389 and from the clefts 5357 of the rocks 5553.

 16:17 “For My eyes 5869 are on all 3605 their ways 1870; they are not hidden 5641 from My face 6440, nor 3808 is their iniquity 5771 concealed 6845 from My eyes 5869.

 16:18 “I will first 7223 doubly 4932 repay 7999a their iniquity 5771 and their sin 2403b, because 5921 they have polluted 2490c My land 776; they have filled 4390 My inheritance 5159 with the carcasses 5038 of their detestable 8251 idols 8251 and with their abominations 8441.”

 16:19 ¶ O LORD 3068, my strength 5797 and my stronghold 4581, And my refuge 4498 in the day 3117 of distress 6869a, To You the nations 1471 will come 935 From the ends 657 of the earth 776 and say 559, “Our fathers 1 have inherited 5157 nothing 389 but falsehood 8267, Futility 1892 and things 3276 of no 369 profit 3276.”

 16:20 Can man 120 make 6213a gods 430 for himself? Yet they are not gods 430!

 16:21 ¶ “Therefore 3651 behold 2009, I am going to make them know 3045— This 384 time 6471 I will make them know 3045 My power 3027 and My might 1369; And they shall know 3045 that My name 8034 is the LORD 3068.”