Jeremiah 16:1–9

The word of the Lord came also unto me, saying, ²Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons nor daughters in this place. ³For 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; ⁴they shall die of grievous ^adeaths; ^bthey shall not be lamented; ^bneither shall they be buried; but ^cthey shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and ^dthey shall be consumed ^aby the sword, and ^aby famine; and ^etheir carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. ⁵For thus said the Lord, ^fEnter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, even lovingkindness and mercies. ⁶Both the great and the small shall die in this land: ^bthey shall not be buried, ^bneither shall men lament for them, nor ^gcut themselves, nor ^hmake themselves bald for them: ⁷neither 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. ⁸Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink. ⁹For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, ⁱI 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.