Jeremiah 16:3
New International Version
For this is what the LORD says about the sons and daughters born in this land and about the women who are their mothers and the men who are their fathers:

New Living Translation
For this is what the LORD says about the children born here in this city and about their mothers and fathers:

English Standard Version
For thus says the LORD concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place, and concerning the mothers who bore them and the fathers who fathered them in this land:

Berean Standard Bible
For this is what the LORD says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and the mothers who bore them, and the fathers who fathered them in this land:

King James Bible
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;

New King James Version
For thus says the LORD concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them and their fathers who begot them in this land:

New American Standard Bible
For this is what the LORD says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and concerning their mothers who give birth to them, and their fathers who father them in this land:

NASB 1995
For thus says the LORD concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bear them, and their fathers who beget them in this land:

NASB 1977
For thus says the LORD concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bear them, and their fathers who beget them in this land:

Legacy Standard Bible
For thus says Yahweh concerning the sons and daughters born in this place and concerning their mothers who bear them and their fathers who beget them in this land:

Amplified Bible
For thus says the LORD concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place, and concerning the mothers who give birth to them, and the fathers who father them in this land:

Christian Standard Bible
For this is what the LORD says concerning sons and daughters born in this place as well as concerning the mothers who bear them and the fathers who father them in this land:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For this is what the LORD says concerning sons and daughters born in this place as well as concerning the mothers who bear them and the fathers who father them in this land:

American Standard Version
For thus saith Jehovah 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:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because, thus says LORD JEHOVAH about the sons and about the daughters who are born in this place, and about their mothers who brought them forth, and about their fathers who begot them in this place:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that have born them, and concerning their fathers that have begotten them in this land;

Contemporary English Version
I'll tell you what's going to happen to children and their parents here.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and daughters, that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bore them: and concerning their fathers, of whom they were born in this land:

English Revised Version
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:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This is what the LORD says about the sons and daughters born in this place and about the mothers and fathers who have children in this land:

Good News Translation
I will tell you what is going to happen to the children who are born here and to their parents.

International Standard Version
For this is what the LORD says about the sons and daughters who are born in this place, about their mothers who give birth to them, and about their fathers who father them in this land:

JPS Tanakh 1917
For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bore them, and concerning their fathers that begot them in this land:

Literal Standard Version
For thus said YHWH, | Of the sons and of the daughters who are born in this place, | And of their mothers—those bearing them, | And of their fathers—those begetting them in this land:

Majority Standard Bible
For this is what the LORD says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and the mothers who bore them, and the fathers who fathered them in this land:

New American Bible
for thus says the LORD concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, the mothers who give them birth, the fathers who beget them in this land:

NET Bible
For I, the LORD, tell you what will happen to the children who are born here in this land and to the men and women who are their mothers and fathers.

New Revised Standard Version
For thus says the LORD concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place, and concerning the mothers who bear them and the fathers who beget them in this land:

New Heart English Bible
For thus says the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers who became their father in this land:

Webster's Bible Translation
For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bore them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;

World English Bible
For Yahweh says concerning the sons and concerning the daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers who became their father in this land:

Young's Literal Translation
For thus said Jehovah, Of the sons and of the daughters who are born in this place, And of their mothers -- those bearing them, And of their fathers -- those begetting them in this land:

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Disaster Predicted
2“You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place.” 3For this is what the LORD says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and the mothers who bore them, and the fathers who fathered them in this land: 4“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”…

Cross References
Jeremiah 6:21
Therefore this is what the LORD says: "I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish."

Jeremiah 15:8
I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.

Jeremiah 16:2
"You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place."

Ezekiel 24:21
Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: 'I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.'


Treasury of Scripture

For thus said the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bore them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;

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Jeremiah 16
1. The prophet, under the types of abstaining from marriage,
8. from houses of mourning and feasting, foreshows the utter ruin of the Jews;
10. because they were worse than their fathers.
14. Their return from captivity shall be stranger than their deliverance out of Egypt.
16. God will doubly recompense their idolatry.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

this is what
כֹ֣ה ׀ (ḵōh)
Adverb
Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

the LORD
יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

says
אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

concerning
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

sons
הַבָּנִים֙ (hab·bā·nîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

and daughters
הַבָּנ֔וֹת (hab·bā·nō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 1323: A daughter

born in this
הַזֶּ֑ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

place,
בַּמָּק֣וֹם (bam·mā·qō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition

and
וְעַֽל־ (wə·‘al-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the mothers
אִמֹּתָ֞ם (’im·mō·ṯām)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 517: A mother, )

who bore them,
הַיִּלּוֹדִ֖ים (hay·yil·lō·w·ḏîm)
Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

and the fathers
אֲבוֹתָ֛ם (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1: Father

who fathered
הַיֹּלְד֣וֹת (hay·yō·lə·ḏō·wṯ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

them in this
הַזֹּֽאת׃ (haz·zōṯ)
Article | Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

land:
בָּאָ֥רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land


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