Then
the word of the Lord came to me: “You
must not marry and have sons or daughters in this place.” For this is what the Lord says about the sons and daughters
born in this land and about the women who are their mothers and the men who are
their fathers: “They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or
buried but will be like dung lying on the ground. They will perish by sword and
famine, and their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild
animals.” Jeremiah 16:1-4
God
instituted marriage. He believes in it.
However,
there are times when things are so bad, when God just sees so much pain ahead for
the family, that He doesn’t see the use for people to invest in their future.
This
isn’t a command for all people today (be fruitful and multiply still applies),
but was meant to show how bad things had gotten to people of that time.