You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink.
Parallel translations
- WEB “You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.”
- KJV Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
- NKJV Also you shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.”
- NASB Moreover, you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink.”
- NLT “And do not go to their feasts and parties. Do not eat and drink with them at all.
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Quick answer
God also forbids Jeremiah from joining houses of feasting to eat and drink with others. His withdrawal from celebration further signals that ordinary joys cannot continue before the coming judgment.
Overview
Just as he must avoid mourning, Jeremiah must also avoid feasting, embodying the truth that both grief and gladness will be interrupted by judgment. His separated life preaches the seriousness of Judah's situation. It points to the sober reality that the world's celebrations cannot mask coming judgment, and that true and lasting joy is found only in fellowship with God through Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Eccl 7:2–4It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
- Jer 15:17I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
- Isa 22:12–14On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
- Amos 6:4–6You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
- 1 Cor 5:11But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
- Matt 24:38For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
- Luke 17:27–29People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
- Eph 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- Ps 26:4I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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