Jer 16:5-7 | JFB | STEP | 5. ( , ). house of mourning-- ( ). Margin, "mourning-feast"; such feasts were usual at funerals. The Hebrew means, in , the cry of joy at a banquet; here, and , the cry of sorrow.

‏ Jeremiah 16:5-7

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 (Jr 41:5; 47:5), prohibited by the law (Le 19:28).

bald--(Jr 7:29; Is 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."