Jeremiah 16:2-4

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² “Jeremiah, you must not get married. You must not have sons or daughters in this place.”

³ This is what the Lord says about the sons and daughters who are born in the land of Judah and about their mothers and fathers: ⁴ “They will die from terrible disease. And no one will cry for them or bury them. Their bodies will lie on the ground like dung. Or they will die in war or starve to death. Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth.”