A moment in scripture
Jeremiah 16:1
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The word of the Lord came also unto me, saying,
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The surrounding passage
- Jeremiah 16:2
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
- Jeremiah 16:3
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;
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.