Jeremiah 16:2 Cross References - Rotherham

² Thou shall not take to thee a wife,––Neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place.

¹⁴ And Lot went forth and spake unto his sons–in–law who were about to take his two daughters, and said, Arise, come forth out of this place, for Yahweh is about to destroy the city. And it came to pass, that he was as one that laughed, in the eyes of his sons–in–law.

¹⁹ But alas! for the women with child, and for them that are giving suck, in those days;

²³ Alas! for the women with child, and for them who are giving suck, in those days; for there will be great distress upon the land, and anger against this people.

²⁹ For lo! days are coming, in which they will say––Happy the barren! even the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.

²⁶ I consider this, then, to be, good, in the circumstances, by reason of the existing distress,––that it is, good for a man, so, to be: ²⁷ Hast thou become bound to a wife? do not seek to be loosed; hast thou become loosed from a wife? do not seek a wife.