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CHAPTER EXPLORER

Jeremiah 16

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21 verses in KJV · 265 outgoing cross-reference links

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Opening verses of Jeremiah 16 (KJV)

16:1 The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying,

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

16:3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;

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Historical / attribution context

Traditional writer attribution: Jeremiah

Approximate study chronology: c. 605 BC

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