Jeremiah 16:17

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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I am watching them closely, and I see every sin. They cannot hope to hide from me.

Context of Jeremiah 16:17

15but it will be said, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ For I will restore them to the land I gave their ancestors. 16“But now I will send for many fishermen,” declares the Lord, “and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill and from the crevices of the rocks. My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from me, nor is their sin concealed from my eyes. 18I will repay them double for their wickedness and their sin, because they have defiled my land with the lifeless forms of their vile images and have filled my inheritance with their detestable idols.” 19Lord, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in time of distress, to you the nations will come from the ends of the earth and say, “Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods, worthless idols that did them no good.

Jeremiah 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.

• For mine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• upon all their waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• they are not hidסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
• from my faceפָּנֶהpânîym · face ofH6440
• neither is their iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• hidצָפַןtsâphan · to treasureH6845
• fromנֶ֫גֶדneged · beforeH5048

Cross-references for Jeremiah 16:17

• Jeremiah 23:24Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” declares the Lord. “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 32:19great are your purposes and mighty are your deeds. Your eyes are open to the ways of all mankind; you reward each person according to their conduct and as their deeds deserve.
• 2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war.”
• Job 34:21“His eyes are on the ways of mortals; he sees their every step.
• Psalms 90:8You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
• Psalms 139:3You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
• Proverbs 5:21For your ways are in full view of the Lord, and he examines all your paths.
• Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.
• Isaiah 29:15Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the Lord, who do their work in darkness and think, “Who sees us? Who will know?”
• Ezekiel 8:12He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”
• Ezekiel 9:9He answered me, “The sin of the people of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of injustice. They say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land; the Lord does not see.’
• Luke 12:1Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
• 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.
• Hebrews 4:13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give 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

Topics related to Jeremiah 16:17

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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