Jeremiah 16

1 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say

A message from the Lord that came to me, saying,

2 not to take: marry to/for you woman: wife and not to be to/for you son: child and daughter in/on/with place [the] this

Don't marry or have children here.

3 for thus to say LORD upon [the] son: child and upon [the] daughter [the] born in/on/with place [the] this and upon mother their [the] to beget [obj] them and upon father their [the] to beget [obj] them in/on/with land: country/planet [the] this

This is what the Lord says about children born here, and about their mothers and fathers—their parents here in this country:

4 death disease to die not to mourn and not to bury to/for dung upon face: surface [the] land: soil to be and in/on/with sword and in/on/with famine to end: destroy and to be carcass their to/for food to/for bird [the] heaven and to/for animal [the] land: soil

They will die from fatal diseases. No one will mourn for them. Their bodies won't be buried, but will lie on the ground like manure. They will be destroyed by war and famine, and their bodies will be food for birds of prey and wild animals.

5 for thus to say LORD not to come (in): come house: home mourning and not to go: went to/for to mourn and not to wander to/for them for to gather [obj] peace my from with [the] people [the] this utterance LORD [obj] [the] kindness and [obj] [the] compassion

This is what the Lord says: Don't enter a home where people are having a funeral meal. Don't visit them to mourn or to offer condolences, for I have taken away my peace, my trustworthy love, and my mercy from these people, declares the Lord.

6 and to die great: large and small in/on/with land: country/planet [the] this not to bury and not to mourn to/for them and not to cut and not to make bald to/for them

Everyone, from the most important to the least, will die in this country. They will not be buried or mourned; there will be no rites for the dead such as cutting oneself or shaving of heads.

7 and not to divide to/for them upon mourning to/for to be sorry: comfort him upon to die and not to water: drink [obj] them cup consolation upon father his and upon mother his

No funeral receptions will be held to comfort those who mourn—not even a comforting drink is to be offered at the loss of a father or mother.

8 and house: home feast not to come (in): come to/for to dwell with them to/for to eat and to/for to drink

Don't go into a house where people are celebrating and sit down with them to eat and drink.

9 for thus to say LORD Hosts God Israel look! I to cease from [the] place [the] this to/for eye your and in/on/with day your voice rejoicing and voice joy voice son-in-law and voice daughter-in-law: bride

This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am going to put a stop right here, while you watch, to any sounds of celebration and joy, the happy voices of the groom and bride.

10 and to be for to tell to/for people [the] this [obj] all [the] word [the] these and to say to(wards) you upon what? to speak: promise LORD upon us [obj] all [the] distress: evil [the] great: large [the] this and what? iniquity: crime our and what? sin our which to sin to/for LORD God our

When you explain all this to them they'll ask you, “Why has the Lord ordered that such a terrible disaster should happen to us? What did we do wrong? What sin have we committed against the Lord our God?”

11 and to say to(wards) them upon which to leave: forsake father your [obj] me utterance LORD and to go: follow after God another and to serve: minister them and to bow to/for them and [obj] me to leave: forsake and [obj] instruction my not to keep: obey

Answer them: It's because your forefathers deserted me, declares the Lord. They went and followed other gods, serving them and worshiping them. They abandoned me and didn't keep my laws.

12 and you(m. p.) be evil to/for to make: do from father your and look! you to go: follow man: anyone after stubbornness heart his [the] bad: evil to/for lest to hear: obey to(wards) me

You however have done even more evil than your forefathers. Look at how all of you followed your own stubborn evil thinking instead of obeying me.

13 and to cast [obj] you from upon [the] land: country/planet [the] this upon [the] land: country/planet which not to know you(m. p.) and father your and to serve: minister there [obj] God another by day and night which not to give: give to/for you favor

So I'm going to throw you out of this country and exile you in a country unfamiliar to you and your forefathers. There you'll serve other gods day and night, because I won't help you at all.

14 to/for so behold day to come (in): come utterance LORD and not to say still alive LORD which to ascend: establish [obj] son: descendant/people Israel from land: country/planet Egypt

But listen! The time is coming, declares the Lord, when people won't any longer make vows, saying. “On the Lord's life, who led the Israelites out of Egypt.”

15 that if: except if: except alive LORD which to ascend: establish [obj] son: descendant/people Israel from land: country/planet north and from all [the] land: country/planet which to banish them there [to] and to return: return them upon land: soil their which to give: give to/for father their

Instead they'll say, “On the Lord's life, who led the Israelites back from the northern country and all the other countries where he had exiled them.” I'm going to bring them back to the country I gave their forefathers.

16 look! I to send: depart (to/for fisher *QK) many utterance LORD and to fish them and after so to send: depart to/for many hunter and to hunt them from upon all mountain: mount and from upon all hill and from cleft [the] crag

But for the moment I'm going to send for many fishermen and they'll catch them, declares the Lord. Then I'm going to send for many hunters, and they'll hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from their hiding places in the rocks.

17 for eye my upon all way: conduct their not to hide from to/for face of my and not to treasure iniquity: crime their from before eye my

I see everything they're doing. They can't hide from me, and their sins aren't hidden from me either.

18 and to complete first second iniquity: crime their and sin their upon to profane/begin: profane they [obj] land: country/planet my in/on/with carcass abomination their and abomination their to fill [obj] inheritance my

First I'm going to pay them back double for their wickedness and sin, because they have made my land unclean with the lifeless bodies of their disgusting idols, filling my special country with their offensive pagan images.

19 LORD strength my and security my and refuge my in/on/with day distress to(wards) you nation to come (in): come from end land: country/planet and to say surely deception to inherit father our vanity and nothing in/on/with them to gain

Lord, you are my strength and my fortress, my safe place in the time of trouble. Nations will come to you from all over the earth, and they will say, “The religion of our forefathers was a total lie! The idols they worshiped were useless—no good at all.

20 to make to/for him man God and they(masc.) not God

How can people make gods for themselves? These aren't gods!”

21 to/for so look! I to know them in/on/with beat [the] this to know them [obj] hand: power my and [obj] might my and to know for name my LORD

Now they'll see! I'll show them, and then they'll recognize my power and strength. Then they'll know that I am the Lord!