Bible Strands
Jeremiah 16:8
You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD of Hosts commands Jeremiah to enact a prophetic sign during a period when standard mourning and celebratory customs are suspended.
The words — The Hebrew מִשְׁתֶּה (mish.Teh) denotes a formal feast, paired with the strict prohibition לֹא תָבוֹא (lo'- ta.Vo') meaning "you must not enter."
The thread — This directive against feasting aligns with Ecclesiastes 7:2 on the priority of mourning, Jeremiah 15:17 on refusing to sit with revelers, and Isaiah 22:12 on the divine summons to wailing.
Why it lands — The text commands physical separation from communal eating and drinking to visibly demonstrate that God is actively removing the sounds of joy and the voices of the bridegroom from the land.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
Cross-references
- Ecclesiastes 7:2 It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
- Jeremiah 15:17 I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
- Isaiah 22:12 On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
- Amos 6:4 You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
- Psalms 26:4 I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
- Matthew 24:38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
- Luke 17:27 People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
- 1 Corinthians 5:11 But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
- Ephesians 5:11 Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.