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Jeremiah 16:3

For this is what the LORD says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and the mothers who bore them, and the fathers who fathered them in this land:

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh speaks through Jeremiah to the prophet and the people of Judah immediately after commanding him not to marry or have children in the land.

The words — The phrase כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה (koh amar Yahweh) translates literally as "thus says the LORD," establishing divine authority for the declaration that follows.

The thread — This formulaic declaration and the theme of familial judgment recur in Jeremiah 6:21, Jeremiah 16:5, and Jeremiah 16:9, where God announces the removal of covenant blessings and the execution of judgment.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition that the coming judgment will extend to every generation in the land, requiring immediate obedience to the prophet’s sign-act and a sober assessment of national apostasy.

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The Hebrew words

כִּי־ki-forכֹ֣ה׀khohthusאָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysיְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehעַל־'al-onהַבָּנִים֙ha./ba.Nimthe/ sonsוְעַל־ve./'al-and/ onהַבָּנ֔וֹתha./ba.Notthe/ daughtersהַיִּלּוֹדִ֖יםhai./yi.lo.Dim<the>/ bornבַּמָּק֣וֹםba./ma.Komin the/ placeהַזֶּ֑הha./Zeh<the>/ thisוְעַֽל־ve./'al-and/ onאִמֹּתָ֞ם'i.mo.Ta/mmothers/ theirהַיֹּלְד֣וֹתhai./yo.le.Dotwho/ boreאוֹתָ֗ם'o.Ta/m<obj.>/ themוְעַל־ve./'al-and/ onאֲבוֹתָ֛ם'a.vo.Ta/mfathers/ theirהַמּוֹלִדִ֥יםha./mo.li.Dimwho/ fatheredאוֹתָ֖ם'o.Ta/m<obj.>/ themבָּאָ֥רֶץba./'A.retzin the/ landהַזֹּֽאת׃ha./Zot<the>/ this

King James Version

For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;

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