For thus says the Lord, “Do not enter a house of [a](A)mourning, or go to lament or to console them; for I have (B)withdrawn My peace from this people,” declares the Lord, “My (C)lovingkindness and compassion.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 16:5 Or banqueting

For this is what the Lord says: “Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal; do not go to mourn or show sympathy, because I have withdrawn my blessing, my love and my pity(A) from this people,” declares the Lord.

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10 (A)Do not weep for the dead or mourn for him,
But weep continually for the one who goes away;
For (B)he will never return
Or see his native land.

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10 Do not weep for the dead(A) king or mourn(B) his loss;
    rather, weep bitterly for him who is exiled,
because he will never return(C)
    nor see his native land again.

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