Introduction
On account of the evils which threatened his country, the prophet is forbidden to encumber himself with a wife and family, or to bear any share in the little joys and sorrows of his neighbors, which were to be forgotten and absorbed in those public calamities, Jeremiah 16:1-9 , which their sins should draw on them, Jeremiah 16:10-13 . A future restoration however is intimated, Jeremiah 16:14 , Jeremiah 16:15 , after these calamities should be endured, Jeremiah 16:16-18 ; and the conversion of the Gentiles is foretold, Jeremiah 16:19-21 .
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