John Trapp on Jeremiah 16:2-3

Ver. 2. Thou ſhalt not take thee a wife, &c.] It is very likely that this befell the Prophet in a viſion. Or if otherwiſe, it was but for a ſign, and in regard of the great calamity impendent, that he is here forbidden marriage, otherwiſe lawful enough, and, in ſome caſes, neceſſary. The contrary doctrine (ſuch as was that of the Tacian-hereticks, and Popiſh Canoniſts) is a doctrine of devils, 1 Tim. 4.1.

Ʋtinam aut caelebs vixiſſem aut orbus periiſſem.Ver. 3. For thus ſaith the Lord concerning the ſons—born in this place] i. e. At Anathoth, ſay ſome: but others better, at Jeruſalem. So great and grievous ſhall be the calamity, that married people ſhall be ready to wiſh as Auguſtus did for another cauſe, Oh that either I had lived ſingle, or elſe dyed childleſſe.