Jeremiah Chapter 16 [Rotherham]

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1 And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
2 Thou shall not take to thee a wife,–Neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place.
3 For, Thus, saith Yahweh, Concerning the sons, and concerning the daughters, that are being born in this place,–and concerning their mothers who do bear them, and concerning their fathers who do beget them, in this land,
4 Of deaths from diseases, shall they die, They shall not be lamented, Neither shall they be buried, As heaps of dung on the face of the ground, shall they serve,–Yea, by sword and by famine, shall they be consumed, And, their dead bodies, shall become, food–To the bird of the heavens, and, To the beast of the earth.
5 For, Thus, saith Yahweh–Do not thou enter into the house of crying, Neither do thou go to lament, nor do thou bemoan for them,–For I have withdrawn my blessing from this people, Declareth Yahweh, Both lovingkindness and compassion.
6 So shall great and small die in this land, They shall not be buried,–Neither shall men lament for them, Nor cut themselves, Nor make themselves bald for them;
7 Neither shall they break bread to them in mourning, To console one over his dead,–Nor cause them to drink the cup of consolation, Over one's father, Or over one's mother;
8 And, the house of banqueting, shall thou not enter, To sit with them, To eat and to drink.
9 For, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel,–Behold me! causing to cease, out of this place, Before your eyes, And in your days, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, The voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, Out of this place – Scattered and persecuted among all nations. B216

10 And it shall be, when thou shalt declare to this people, all these words,–and they shall say unto thee–For what reason, hath Yahweh pronounced against us, all this great calamity? Or what is our iniquity, or what our sin, which we have sinned against Yahweh our God?
11 Then shalt thou say unto them,–For that your fathers forsook, me, Declareth Yahweh, And walked after other gods, and served them, and bowed down to them,–Whereas, me, they forsook And, my law, kept they not;
12 And, ye, have done more wickedly than your fathers,–for, look at you! walking every man after the stubbornness of his wicked, heart, so as not to hearken unto me,
13 Therefore will I hurl you forth, from off this land, unto a land, which ye have not known, ye, nor your fathers,–and ye can serve there, other gods, day and night, in that I will grant you no favour. Will I cast – In chastening, correcting, forgiving, restoring and promising to bless and fully reinstate them to his favor, God illustrates his great love and mercy toward the whole world. R1373:4

Out of this land – This was to be their punishment, to be driven out of their own land and to receive no favor from God. R599:3, R4782:2

Into a land – Europe. R1378:6

Nor your fathers – Their fathers had been in Egypt and Babylon, but never in Europe. R1378:6

This prophecy positively marks Israel's present dispersion among all nations. B217

Serve other gods – Other rulers, elohim, mighty ones. B216; R421:3, R599:3, R1378:6, R1410:3

Not shew you favour – The Jews have been shown no favor since their rejection of Christ. B216; OV75:5; R1364:6

They will not forever remain cast off, but shall be regathered and blessed. R1378:6


14 Therefore, lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, When it shall be said no more, By the life of Yahweh, who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt; but– The days come – Favor would return again in some form to the Jew in 1878. R357:1, R1364:6

No more be said – The hand of providence is about to work out such a deliverance as Israel never knew before. R1405:6, R1652:2, R1063:2*

The land of Egypt – The deliverance from Egypt was a great and marvelous sign of God's favor to them; but their deliverance soon to be consummated will quite eclipse it. R599:3, R608:4, R384:6

That deliverance was but a type of the one to come. R1652:4


15 By the life of Yahweh, who hath brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of the North, and out of all the lands, whither he had driven them,–So will I bring them back upon their own soil, which I gave to their fathers. Land of the north – Russia, where nearly half of the Hebrew race resides. B217; D553; R599:3, R608:4; OV76:1

From all the lands – Their later blessing would be their regathering out of all nations, and is being accomplished in our day. R4782:2, R1374:1

Bring them again – We have strong testimonies of God through the prophets that he will gather them again. OV76:1

The hope of the world's peace being cemented by the Jews occupying the lands of their fathers. R83:6*


16 Behold me! sending for many fishers, Declareth Yahweh, And they shall catch them,–and, thereafter, will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from off every mountain, and from off every hill, and out of the clefts of the crags. For many fishers – The Zionist movement. R3855:1-3, R1288:2*

Teachers. C215

Shall hunt them – Persecution by revolutionaries, forceable expulsion. R3855:2, R1288:4*

From every mountain – Kingdom. A318


17 For, mine own eyes, are upon all their ways, they have not been hid from my face–neither hath their iniquity been concealed from being straight before mine eyes.
18 Thus will I recompense, first, twofold, their iniquity and their sin, because of their profaning my land,–with the carcase of their disgusting and detestable things, have they filled mine inheritance. And first – Before the time of favor will come. B218; R599:4

Recompense – Some of the recompense with favor, and some without favor. SM399:2; CR104:5

Their sin double – Mishneh, a second portion, a repetition; implying a casting off from all favor for as long a period as they had enjoyed favor, namely, 1845 years, from AD33 to 1878, when the Berlin Congress of Nations was held, which greatly ameliorated the conditions of the Jews. B218; CR104:4; R599:4, R1202:1; HG53:4

The double's being accomplished is the reason for the great awakening among the Jews and for the Zionist movement. R5920:6

"Even today do I declare that I will render double unto thee." (Zech. 9:12) "She hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins." (Isa. 40:2) B225, B227

The double of Israel's experiences would reach full accomplishment in 1915. R4623:1


19 O Yahweh, my strength, and my refuge, and my place to fly to, in the day of distress,–Unto thee, shall nations come in, out of the ends of the earth, that they may say–Surely! Falsehood, did our fathers inherit, Vanity, among whom is none that can profit: Gentiles – As well as the Jews. A59

20 Shall, a son of earth, make for himself, gods, Seeing that, they, are no-gods?
21 Therefore, behold me! causing them to know, by this stroke, I will cause them to know my hand, and my might,–That they may know, that, my name, is, Yahweh!
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