Jeremiah 16:18
in Jeremiah 16And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled mine inheritance with their abominations.
KJV
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
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This verse in Jeremiah 16
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe following words are going to produce a struggle for us. For whether we understand them as consequent, we shall take careful thought concerning the recompense of sins; or whether they seem not to be consequent upon the things previously set forth concerning those fished up and hunted, in that way too they cast us into no ordinary struggle. For he says: "And I will first repay double their iniquities and their sins, whereby they profaned my land with the carcasses of their abominations and with their lawlessnesses, with which they filled my inheritance."
This site's exposition
I will send for many fishers
on Jeremiah 16:16-18
The fishers and hunters sent for Israel in every mountain, hill, and rock-hole picture the thoroughness of the coming exile, no hiding place sufficient, for the Lord's eyes are on all their ways and their iniquity is not hid from his sight. Gill reads fishers and hunters as the two methods of capture, net and chase together, covering a population wherever it scatters. The double recompense of verse 18 answers the double defilement of the land with detestable and abominable things, judgment measured out in the same proportion the sin was committed.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
I will recompense - Before I will restore them, I will plentifully punish them, (for so double here signifies, not the double of what their sins deserve.) Defiled - By their idolatry, blood and cruelty.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Eze 16:20), and unclean animals (Isa 65:4; MAURER explains it, "the carcasses" of the idols: their images void of sense and life. The result of God's judgments on the Jews will be that both the Jews when restored, and the Gentiles who have witnessed those judgments, shall renounce idolatry for the worship of Jehovah.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֣י | veshilamti | and I will repay | H7999 → | 116 times |
| רִֽאשׁוֹנָ֗ה | rishonah | first | H7223 → | 182 times |
| מִשְׁנֵ֤ה | mishneh | [the] double of | H4932 → | 35 times |
| עֲוֹנָם֙ | ʾavonam | iniquity their | H5771 → | 233 times |
| וְחַטָּאתָ֔ם | vechatatam | and sin their | H2403 → | 295 times |
| עַ֖ל | ʾal | because | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| חַלְּלָ֣ם | chalelam | have profaned they | H2490 → | 143 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אַרְצִ֑י | ʾartzi | land my | H776 → | 2504 times |
| בְּנִבְלַ֤ת | benivlat | with [the] corpse[s] of | H5038 → | 48 times |
| שִׁקּֽוּצֵיהֶם֙ | shikutzeihem | detestable things their | H8251 → | 28 times |
| וְתוֹעֲב֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔ם | vetoavoteihem | and abominations their | H8441 → | 117 times |
| מָלְא֖וּ | malu | they have filled | H4390 → | 249 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נַחֲלָתִֽי׃ ס | nachalati | inheritance my | H5159 → | 222 times |
וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֣יand I will repay
veshilamtiH7999 →116 times
רִֽאשׁוֹנָ֗הfirst
rishonahH7223 →182 times
מִשְׁנֵ֤ה[the] double of
mishnehH4932 →35 times
עֲוֹנָם֙iniquity their
ʾavonamH5771 →233 times
וְחַטָּאתָ֔םand sin their
vechatatamH2403 →295 times
עַ֖לbecause
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
חַלְּלָ֣םhave profaned they
chalelamH2490 →143 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אַרְצִ֑יland my
ʾartziH776 →2504 times
בְּנִבְלַ֤תwith [the] corpse[s] of
benivlatH5038 →48 times
שִׁקּֽוּצֵיהֶם֙detestable things their
shikutzeihemH8251 →28 times
וְתוֹעֲב֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔םand abominations their
vetoavoteihemH8441 →117 times
מָלְא֖וּthey have filled
maluH4390 →249 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
נַחֲלָתִֽי׃ סinheritance my
nachalatiH5159 →222 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 40:2“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her…
it leads to
- Zechariah 9:12
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.
- Isaiah 61:7
Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy…
- Hosea 2:14
“Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.
- Jeremiah 33:8–9
And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.
- Revelation 18:6
Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.
- Zechariah 9:12
Through
Jeremiah 2:7I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land, and made My inheritance detestable.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 8:7–9
For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;
- Deuteronomy 8:7–9
Through
Jeremiah 17:18Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster…
it leads to
- Psalms 40:14
May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- Psalms 35:4
May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
- Psalms 40:14
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 16.