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Book of Jeremiah in Hebrew Bible, MS Sassoon 1053, images 283-315.
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| Book | Book of Jeremiah |
| Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 24 |
| Category | Nevi'im |
Jeremiah 16 is the sixteenth chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, and is a part of the Books of the Prophets. This chapter contains God's command to the prophet to abstain from marriage, from mourning, or festival assemblies; hereby representing to them their approaching misery, Jeremiah 16:1-9; their sins which caused it, Jeremiah 16:10-13; their strange deliverance from Babylon, Jeremiah 16:14,15; after that their iniquity is recompensed, Jeremiah 16:16-18; the prophet’s comfort in the calling of the Gentiles, Jeremiah 16:19-21.
Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:
Ancient translations in Koine Greek:
NKJV groups this chapter into: