Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 16:4

4 They shall die of grievous deaths, they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth, and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine, and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth .

God in these verses opens the reason why he would not have the Prophet marry nor multiply Relations. In evil and calamitous times▪ those who multiply Relations do but multiply sorrows and afflictions to themselves; the Apostle in evil times tells the Corinthians that married persons should have trouble in the flesh, 1 Cor. 7.28. and Christ pronounceth a wo to those that should be with Child, and to those that gave suck at the time when Hierusalem should be besieged, God tells the Prophet, he was resolved that the people of this land, both young and old should die miserable deaths, and die so fast that there should be none to bury them. They should die by the Sword, and the Famin[illegible: 1 letter], and be devoured by the fowls and the beasts, and therefore it was better for him to abide free from Relations, for whose Miseries he would be as much concerned as for his own affliction.

Marginal references: chap. 15.2.; chap. 25.33.; Psal. 79.2. chap. 7.33. & 15.3. & 34.20.