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 King James Version (NKJV)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.”

Context of Jeremiah 16:18

16Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith Yhwh, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. 17For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes. 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. 19O Yhwh, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. 20Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no 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

• 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 confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
• Isaiah 40:2Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of Yhwh's hand double for all her sins.
• Isaiah 61:7For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
• Revelation 18:6Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
• Jeremiah 2:7And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
• Jeremiah 3:1They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith Yhwh.
• Leviticus 18:27(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
• Numbers 35:33So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
• Psalms 106:38And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
• Isaiah 24:5The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
• Micah 2:10Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
• Zephaniah 3:1Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
• Leviticus 26:30And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
• Ezekiel 11:18And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
• Ezekiel 43:7And he said unto me, Son of man, 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 for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in 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