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Jeremiah 16:17
17for my gaze takes in all their ways. They are not concealed from me, and their iniquity is not hidden from my sight.
Jeremiah 16:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
- New International Version (NIV)My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from me, nor is their sin concealed from my eyes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For my eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from me, nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity hidden from My eyes.
Context of Jeremiah 16:17
15but rather, ‘As the Lord lives who brought the Israelites from the land of the north and from all the other lands where he had banished them.’ For I will return them to their land that I gave to their ancestors. 16“I am about to send for many fishermen” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “and they will fish for them. Then I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill and out of the clefts of the rocks, for my gaze takes in all their ways. They are not concealed from me, and their iniquity is not hidden from my sight. 18I will first repay them double for their iniquity and sin because they have polluted my land. They have filled my inheritance with the carcasses of their abhorrent and detestable idols.” 19Lord, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in a time of distress, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our ancestors inherited only lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.”
Read all of Jeremiah 16Jeremiah 16:17 word by word
כִּ֤י עֵינַי֙ עַל־כָּל־דַּרְכֵיהֶ֔ם לֹ֥א נִסְתְּר֖וּ מִלְּפָנָ֑י וְלֹֽא־נִצְפַּ֥ן עֲוֹנָ֖ם מִנֶּ֥גֶד עֵינָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 16:17
- Jeremiah 23:24Can a person hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” — the Lord’s declaration. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” — the Lord’s declaration.
- Jeremiah 32:19the one great in counsel and powerful in action. Your eyes are on all the ways of the children of men in order to reward each person according to his ways and as the result of his actions.
- 2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the Lord roam throughout the earth to show himself strong for those who are wholeheartedly devoted to him. You have been foolish in this matter. Therefore, you will have wars from now on.”
- Job 34:21For his eyes watch over a man’s ways, and he observes all his steps.
- Psalms 90:8You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
- Psalms 139:3You observe my travels and my rest; you are aware of all my ways.
- Proverbs 5:21For a man’s ways are before the Lord’s eyes, and he considers all his paths.
- Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, observing the wicked and the good.
- Isaiah 29:15Woe to those who go to great lengths to hide their plans from the Lord. They do their works in the dark, and say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”
- Ezekiel 8:12He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his idol? For they are saying, ‘The Lord does not see us. The Lord has abandoned the land.’”
- Ezekiel 9:9He answered me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity. For they say, ‘The Lord has abandoned the land; he does not see.’
- Luke 12:1Meanwhile, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another. He began to say to his disciples first, “Be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5So don’t judge anything prematurely, before the Lord comes, who will both bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the intentions of the hearts. And then praise will come to each one from God.
- Hebrews 4:13No creature is hidden from him, but all things are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 16:17
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17This chastisement arises not from caprice, but is decreed upon full knowledge and examination of their doings.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-21Verses 14-21 The restoration from the Babylonish captivity would be remembered in place of the deliverance from Egypt; it also typified spiritual redemption, and the future deliverance of the church from antichristian oppression. But none of the sins of sinners can be hidden from God, or shall be overlooked by him. He will find out and raise up instruments of his wrath, that shall destroy the Jews, by fraud like fishers, by force like hunters. The…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-18Jeremiah's message had two parts: Judgment does not remove future hope (Jeremiah 16:14–15) Hope does not eliminate the certainty of judgment (Jeremiah 16:16–18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. (Jr 32:19; Pr 5:21; 15:3). their iniquity--the cause of God's judgments on them.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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