Jeremiah 16:18

Jeremiah 16:18 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)I 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.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But first I will doubly repay their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations."
• New Living Translation (NLT)I will double their punishment for all their sins, because they have defiled my land with lifeless images of their detestable gods and have filled my territory with their evil deeds.”

Context of Jeremiah 16:18

16“Behold, I will send for many fishermen,” says the Lord, “and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. 17For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity hidden from My eyes. And first I will repay double for their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable idols.” 19O Lord, my strength and my fortress, My refuge in the day of affliction, The Gentiles shall come to You From the ends of the earth and say, “Surely our fathers have inherited lies, Worthlessness and unprofitable things.” 20Will a man make gods for himself, Which are not gods?

Jeremiah 16:18 word by word

וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֣י רִֽאשׁוֹנָ֗ה מִשְׁנֵ֤ה עֲוֹנָם֙ וְחַטָּאתָ֔ם עַ֖ל חַלְּלָ֣ם אֶת־אַרְצִ֑י בְּנִבְלַ֤ת שִׁקּֽוּצֵיהֶם֙ וְתוֹעֲב֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔ם מָלְא֖וּ אֶת־נַחֲלָתִֽי׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And firstרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · firstH7223
• I will recompenseשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
• their iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• and their sinחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
• doubleמִשְׁנֶהmishneh · secondH4932
• because they have defiledחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490
• my landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• they have filledמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• mine inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• with the carcasesנְבֵלָהnebêlâh · carcassH5038
• of their detestableשִׁקּוּץshiqqûts shiqqûts · abominationH8251
• and abominable thingsתּוֹעֵבַהtô‛êbah tô‛êbah · abominationH8441

Cross-references for Jeremiah 16:18

• Jeremiah 17:18Let them be ashamed who persecute me, But do not let me be put to shame; Let them be dismayed, But do not let me be dismayed. Bring on them the day of doom, And destroy them with double destruction!
• Isaiah 40:2“Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned; For she has received from the Lord’s hand Double for all her sins.”
• Isaiah 61:7Instead of your shame you shall have double honor, And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be theirs.
• Revelation 18:6Render to her just as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her.
• Jeremiah 2:7I brought you into a bountiful country, To eat its fruit and its goodness. But when you entered, you defiled My land And made My heritage an abomination.
• Jeremiah 3:1“They say, ‘If a man divorces his wife, And she goes from him And becomes another man’s, May he return to her again?’ Would not that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; Yet return to Me,” says the Lord.
• Leviticus 18:27(for all these abominations the men of the land have done, who were before you, and thus the land is defiled),
• Numbers 35:33So you shall not pollute the land where you are; for blood defiles the land, and no atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it.
• Psalms 106:38And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.
• Isaiah 24:5The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed the laws, Changed the ordinance, Broken the everlasting covenant.
• Micah 2:10“Arise and depart, For this is not your rest; Because it is defiled, it shall destroy, Yes, with utter destruction.
• Zephaniah 3:1Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, To the oppressing city!
• Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and cast your carcasses on the lifeless forms of your idols; and My soul shall abhor you.
• Ezekiel 11:18And they will go there, and they will take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there.
• Ezekiel 43:7And He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever. No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name, they nor their kings, by their harlotry or with the carcasses of their kings on their high places.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 16:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18The carcasses of their detestable - things - Either meaning the idols themselves, which were only carcasses without life; or the sacrifices which were made to them.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18First - Before the return from exile. I will recompense their iniquity … double - The ordinary rule of the Law (Isaiah 40:2 note). Sin is twofold; there is the leaving of God‘s will undone, and the actual wrongdoing. And every punishment is twofold: first, there is the loss of the blessing which would have followed upon obedience, and secondly, the presence of actual misery. Because they have defiled … - Rather, “because they have profaned My land with…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. 18The punishment was severe—slaughter and exile—because the people of Judah broke the two most important commandments. They did not love God (Deuteronomy 6:4–5), and they did not love their neighbors (Leviticus 19:18; see also Matthew 22:37–40).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. first ... double--Horsley translates, "I will recompense ... once and again"; literally, "the first time repeated": alluding to the two captivities--the Babylonian and the Roman. Maurer, "I will recompense their former iniquities (those long ago committed by their fathers) and their (own) repeated sins" (Jr 16:11, 12). English Version gives a good sense, "First (before 'I bring them again into their land'), I will doubly (that is, fully and amply, Jr…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 16:18

• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Abomination
• Carcass; Carcase
• Detestable, Things
• Double

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