King James Version
Jeremiah 16:8 in the King James Version says “Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.”
Jeremiah 16:8 · KJV
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. tear: or, break bread for them
Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“into the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of feasting”
H4960drink, by implication, drinking (the act); also (by implication) a banquet or (generally) feast
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“to sit”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
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