Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 16:2
A church father on this verse
“Elijah lived a virgin life; so also did Elisha and many of the sons of the prophets. To Jeremiah the command came: "You will not take a wife." He had been sanctified in his mother's womb, and now he was forbidden to take a wife because the captivity was near. The apostle gives the same counsel in different words: "I t…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
2and there shall be no son born to thee, nor daughter in this place.
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1And thou shalt not take a wife, saith the Lord God of Israel:
— Jeremiah 16:2 —
3For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that have born them, and concerning their fathers that have begotten them in this land;
4They shall die of grievous death; they shall not be lamented, nor buried; they shall be for an example on the face of the earth; and they shall be for the wild beasts of the land, and for the birds of the sky: they shall fall by the sword, and shall be consumed with famine.