jeremiah 16:2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.

jeremiah 16:2 "You shall not take a wife for yourself nor have sons or daughters in this place."

2. in this place--in Judea. The direction to remain single was (whether literally obeyed, or only in prophetic vision) to symbolize the coming calamities of the Jews (Eze 24:15-27) as so severe that the single state would be then (contrary to the ordinary course of things) preferable to the married (compare 1Co 7:8, 26, 29; Mt 24:19; Lu 23:29).

jeremiah 16:2 "You shall not take a wife for yourself nor have sons or daughters in this place."

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