Jer_16:5 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, [even] lovingkindness and mercies.
Ver. 5. Enter not into the house of mourning.] Or banquets, whether at burials or bridals. {as Amo_6:7} Of funeral banquets, see Deu_26:14. These the Greeks called
ðåñéäåéðíá
, the Latins Parentalia. See Jer_16:7.