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“Moreover I, the Lord, tell you:[a] ‘Do not go into a house where they are having a funeral meal. Do not go there to mourn and express your sorrow for them. For I have stopped showing them my good favor,[b] my love, and my compassion. I, the Lord, so affirm it![c]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 16:5 tn Heb “For thus says the Lord…”
  2. Jeremiah 16:5 tn Heb “my peace.” The Hebrew word שְׁלוֹמִי (shelomi) can be translated “peace, prosperity” or “well-being” (referring to wholeness or health of body and soul).
  3. Jeremiah 16:5 tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”