Jeremiah 16:7 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 16:7

No food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Neither shall men tear themselves,.... Either their flesh, or their clothes: or, "stretch out" (y); that is, their hands, and clap them together, and wring them, as persons in great distress do: or "divide", or "break", or "deal unto them" (z); that is, bread, as at their funeral feasts.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Deal bread - It was a custom among them, when they had any friend, that had lost his relations, to send them some meat (for among the Hebrew all things they ate were called bread) and then to go and sup with them, and speak comfortably to them. The cup - They were also wont to send wine, that they might forget their sorrows; this is called, The cup of consolation.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He had little reason to lament those who died now just before the judgments entered which he saw at the door, but rather to think those happy who were seasonable taken away from the evil to come. This was to be a type of what was coming, when there should be such universal confusion that all neighbourly friendly offices should be neglected.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Tear themselves - Better as in the margin; “break broad for them.” It was customary upon the death of a relative to fast, and for the friends and neighbors after a decent delay to come and comfort the mourner, and urge food upon him 2Sa 12:17; food was also distributed at funerals to the mourners, and to the poor. Cup of consolation - Marginal reference note.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְלֹֽא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
יִפְרְס֥וּ	yif.re.Su	people will break	H6536 →
לָהֶ֛ם	la.Hem	for <the> them
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
אֵ֖בֶל	'E.vel	mourning	H60 →
לְנַחֲמ֣וֹ	le.na.cha.Mo	to comfort him	H5162 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
מֵ֑ת	Met	a dead [person]	H4191 →
וְלֹֽא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
יַשְׁק֤וּ	yash.Ku	people will give to drink	H8248 →
אוֹתָם֙	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
כּ֣וֹס	Kos	a cup of	H3563 →
תַּנְחוּמִ֔ים	tan.chu.Mim	consolations	H8575 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
אָבִ֖יו	'a.Viv	father his	H1 →
וְעַל־	ve.'al-	and on	H5921 →
אִמּֽוֹ׃	'i.Mo	mother his	H517 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 24:17
Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”
leads to
- Hosea 9:4
  They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Job 42:11
All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And…
leads to
- Job 2:11
  Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together…
- Job 19:13–14
  He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
- Proverbs 16:7
  When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.
- Genesis 24:22
  And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
- Romans 12:15
  Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
Through
Deuteronomy 26:14
I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while in mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or offered any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God;…
leads to
- Leviticus 7:20
  But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.
- Leviticus 21:11
  He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Jeremiah