Jeremiah 16:4-7
4. grievous deaths—rather, "deadly diseases" (Jer 15:2).
not . . . lamented—so many shall be the slain (Jer 22:18). dung— (Ps 83:10).5. (Eze 24:17, 22, 23).
house of mourning— (Mr 5:38). Margin, "mourning-feast"; such feasts were usual at funerals. The Hebrew means, in Am 6:7, the cry of joy at a banquet; here, and La 2:19, the cry of sorrow.6. cut themselves—indicating extravagant grief (Jer 41:5; 47:5), prohibited by the law (Le 19:28).
bald— (Jer 7:29; Isa 22:12).7. tear themselves—rather, "break bread," namely, that eaten at the funeral-feast (De 26:14; Job 42:11; Eze 24:17; Ho 9:4). "Bread" is to be supplied, as in La 4:4; compare "take" (food) (Ge 42:33).
give . . . cup of consolation . . . for . . . father—It was the Oriental custom for friends to send viands and wine (the "cup of consolation") to console relatives in mourning-feasts, for example, to children upon the death of a "father" or "mother."Jeremiah 25:33
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