8"And do not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down to eat and drink.


In Context

5 For this is what the Lord says: "Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal; do not go to mourn or show sympathy, because I have withdrawn my blessing, my love and my pity from this people," declares the Lord .

6 "Both high and low will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, and no one will cut himself or shave his head for them.

7 No one will offer food to comfort those who mourn for the dead-not even for a father or a mother-nor will anyone give them a drink to console them.

8 "And do not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down to eat and drink.

9 For this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in this place.

10 "When you tell these people all this and they ask you, 'Why has the Lord decreed such a great disaster against us? What wrong have we done? What sin have we committed against the Lord our God?'

Jeremiah 16:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:8Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:8A house of banqueting thou dost not enter, To sit with them, to eat and to drink,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:8And do not thou go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, and to eat and drink.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:8And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:8And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:8And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:8Also thou shalt not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:8You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:8You shall not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.