## Jeremiah Chapter 16

###### Jeremiah 16:1
[Jeremiah 16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/16:1)

וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The word of the Lord came also to me, saying,


###### Jeremiah 16:2
[Jeremiah 16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/16:2)

לֹא־תִקַּ֥ח לְךָ֖ אִשָּׁ֑ה וְלֹֽא־יִהְי֤וּ לְךָ֙ בָּנִ֣ים וּבָנ֔וֹת בַּמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.


###### Jeremiah 16:3
[Jeremiah 16:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/16:3)

כִּי־כֹ֣ה**׀** אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֗ה עַל־הַבָּנִים֙ וְעַל־הַבָּנ֔וֹת הַיִּלּוֹדִ֖ים בַּמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וְעַֽל־אִמֹּתָ֞ם הַיֹּלְד֣וֹת אוֹתָ֗ם וְעַל־אֲבוֹתָ֛ם הַמּוֹלִדִ֥ים אוֹתָ֖ם בָּאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּֽאת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bore them, and concerning their fathers that begot them in this land;


###### Jeremiah 16:4
[Jeremiah 16:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/16:4)

מְמוֹתֵ֨י תַחֲלֻאִ֜ים יָמֻ֗תוּ לֹ֤א יִסָּֽפְדוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִקָּבֵ֔רוּ לְדֹ֛מֶן עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָ֖ה יִהְי֑וּ וּבַחֶ֤רֶב וּבָֽרָעָב֙ יִכְל֔וּ וְהָיְתָ֤ה נִבְלָתָם֙ לְמַאֲכָ֔ל לְע֥וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
they shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcasses shall be food for the birds of the sky, and for the beasts of the earth.


###### Jeremiah 16:5
[Jeremiah 16:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/16:5)

כִּי־כֹ֣ה**׀** אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֗ה אַל־תָּבוֹא֙ בֵּ֣ית מַרְזֵ֔חַ וְאַל־תֵּלֵ֣ךְ לִסְפּ֔וֹד וְאַל־תָּנֹ֖ד לָהֶ֑ם כִּֽי־אָסַ֨פְתִּי אֶת־שְׁלוֹמִ֜י מֵאֵ֨ת הָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה אֶת־הַחֶ֖סֶד וְאֶת־הָרַחֲמִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For thus says the Lord, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the Lord, both love and mercy.


###### Jeremiah 16:6
[Jeremiah 16:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/16:6)

וּמֵ֨תוּ גְדֹלִ֧ים וּקְטַנִּ֛ים בָּאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּ֖את לֹ֣א יִקָּבֵ֑רוּ וְלֹא־יִסְפְּד֣וּ לָהֶ֔ם וְלֹ֣א יִתְגֹּדַ֔ד וְלֹ֥א יִקָּרֵ֖חַ לָהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor gash themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:


###### Jeremiah 16:7
[Jeremiah 16:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/16:7)

וְלֹא־יִפְרְס֥וּ לָהֶ֛ם עַל־אֵ֖בֶל לְנַחֲמ֣וֹ עַל־מֵ֑ת וְלֹֽא־יַשְׁק֤וּ אוֹתָם֙ כּ֣וֹס תַּנְחוּמִ֔ים עַל־אָבִ֖יו וְעַל־אִמּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
neither shall men break bread for them during the mourning, to comfort him for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for his father or for his mother.


###### Jeremiah 16:8
[Jeremiah 16:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/16:8)

וּבֵית־מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה לֹֽא־תָב֖וֹא לָשֶׁ֣בֶת אוֹתָ֑ם לֶאֱכֹ֖ל וְלִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou shalt also not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.


###### Jeremiah 16:9
[Jeremiah 16:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/16:9)

כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֜ר יְהֹוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הִנְנִ֨י מַשְׁבִּ֜ית מִן־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּ֛ה לְעֵינֵיכֶ֖ם וּבִימֵיכֶ֑ם ק֤וֹל שָׂשׂוֹן֙ וְק֣וֹל שִׂמְחָ֔ה ק֥וֹל חָתָ֖ן וְק֥וֹל כַּלָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Yisra᾽el; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place before your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.


###### Jeremiah 16:10
[Jeremiah 16:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/16:10)

וְהָיָ֗ה כִּ֤י תַגִּיד֙ לָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה אֵ֥ת כׇּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וְאָמְר֣וּ אֵלֶ֗יךָ עַל־מֶה֩ דִבֶּ֨ר יְהֹוָ֤ה עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ אֵ֣ת כׇּל־הָרָעָ֤ה הַגְּדוֹלָה֙ הַזֹּ֔את וּמֶ֤ה עֲוֺנֵ֙נוּ֙ וּמֶ֣ה חַטָּאתֵ֔נוּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָטָ֖אנוּ לַיהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt tell this people all these words, and they shall say to thee, Why has the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?


###### Jeremiah 16:11
[Jeremiah 16:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/16:11)

וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם עַל֩ אֲשֶׁר־עָזְב֨וּ אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֤ם אוֹתִי֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וַיַּעַבְד֖וּם וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּ לָהֶ֑ם וְאֹתִ֣י עָזָ֔בוּ וְאֶת־תּוֹרָתִ֖י לֹ֥א שָׁמָֽרוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then shalt thou say to them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, says the Lord, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my Tora;


###### Jeremiah 16:12
[Jeremiah 16:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/16:12)

וְאַתֶּ֛ם הֲרֵעֹתֶ֥ם לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת מֵאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וְהִנְּכֶ֣ם הֹלְכִ֗ים אִ֚ישׁ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ שְׁרִר֣וּת לִבּֽוֹ־הָרָ֔ע לְבִלְתִּ֖י שְׁמֹ֥עַ אֵלָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and you have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, you walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, that they may not hearken to me:


###### Jeremiah 16:13
[Jeremiah 16:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/16:13)

וְהֵטַלְתִּ֣י אֶתְכֶ֗ם מֵעַל֙ הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את עַל־הָאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יְדַעְתֶּ֔ם אַתֶּ֖ם וַאֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וַעֲבַדְתֶּם־שָׁ֞ם אֶת־אֱלֹהִ֤ים אֲחֵרִים֙ יוֹמָ֣ם וָלַ֔יְלָה אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־אֶתֵּ֥ן לָכֶ֖ם חֲנִינָֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that you know not, neither you nor your fathers; and there shall you serve other gods day and night; for I will show you no favour.


###### Jeremiah 16:14
[Jeremiah 16:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/16:14)

לָכֵ֛ן הִנֵּה־יָמִ֥ים בָּאִ֖ים נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֑ה וְלֹא־יֵאָמֵ֥ר עוֹד֙ חַי־יְהֹוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר הֶעֱלָ֛ה אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore, behold, days are coming, says the Lord, when it shall no more be said, As the Lord lives, that brought up the children of Yisra᾽el out of the land of Miżrayim;


###### Jeremiah 16:15
[Jeremiah 16:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/16:15)

כִּ֣י אִם־חַי־יְהֹוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶעֱלָ֜ה אֶת־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֔וֹן וּמִכֹּל֙ הָאֲרָצ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִדִּיחָ֖ם שָׁ֑מָּה וַהֲשִֽׁבֹתִים֙ עַל־אַדְמָתָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לַאֲבוֹתָֽם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but, As the Lord lives, that brought up the children of Yisra᾽el from the land of the north, and from all the lands into which he had driven them: and I will bring them back into their land that I gave to their fathers.


###### Jeremiah 16:16
[Jeremiah 16:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/16:16)

הִנְנִ֨י שֹׁלֵ֜חַ (לדוגים) [לְדַיָּגִ֥ים] רַבִּ֛ים נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֖ה וְדִיג֑וּם וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵ֗ן אֶשְׁלַח֙ לְרַבִּ֣ים צַיָּדִ֔ים וְצָד֞וּם מֵעַ֤ל כׇּל־הַר֙ וּמֵעַ֣ל כׇּל־גִּבְעָ֔ה וּמִנְּקִיקֵ֖י הַסְּלָעִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, I will send for many fishers, says the Lord, and they shall fish for them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them out from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.


###### Jeremiah 16:17
[Jeremiah 16:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/16:17)

כִּ֤י עֵינַי֙ עַל־כׇּל־דַּרְכֵיהֶ֔ם לֹ֥א נִסְתְּר֖וּ מִלְּפָנָ֑י וְלֹֽא־נִצְפַּ֥ן עֲוֺנָ֖ם מִנֶּ֥גֶד עֵינָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For my eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from my eyes.


###### Jeremiah 16:18
[Jeremiah 16:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/16:18)

וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֣י רִאשׁוֹנָ֗ה מִשְׁנֵ֤ה עֲוֺנָם֙ וְחַטָּאתָ֔ם עַ֖ל חַלְּלָ֣ם אֶת־אַרְצִ֑י בְּנִבְלַ֤ת שִׁקּֽוּצֵיהֶם֙ וְתוֹעֲב֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔ם מָלְא֖וּ אֶת־נַחֲלָתִֽי׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have profaned my land, they have filled my inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable things.


###### Jeremiah 16:19
[Jeremiah 16:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/16:19)

יְהֹוָ֞ה עֻזִּ֧י וּמָעֻזִּ֛י וּמְנוּסִ֖י בְּי֣וֹם צָרָ֑ה אֵלֶ֗יךָ גּוֹיִ֤ם יָבֹ֙אוּ֙ מֵֽאַפְסֵי־אָ֔רֶץ וְיֹאמְר֗וּ אַךְ־שֶׁ֙קֶר֙ נָחֲל֣וּ אֲבוֹתֵ֔ינוּ הֶ֖בֶל וְאֵֽין־בָּ֥ם מוֹעִֽיל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Lord, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, nations shall come to Thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vain idols, and things in which there is no profit.


###### Jeremiah 16:20
[Jeremiah 16:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/16:20)

הֲיַעֲשֶׂה־לּ֥וֹ אָדָ֖ם אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְהֵ֖מָּה לֹ֥א אֱלֹהִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Shall a man make gods to himself, and they are no gods?


###### Jeremiah 16:21
[Jeremiah 16:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/16:21)

לָכֵן֙ הִנְנִ֣י מֽוֹדִיעָ֔ם בַּפַּ֣עַם הַזֹּ֔את אוֹדִיעֵ֥ם אֶת־יָדִ֖י וְאֶת־גְּבוּרָתִ֑י וְיָדְע֖וּ כִּֽי־שְׁמִ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore, behold, I will make known to them this once, I will cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The Lord.