Jeremiah 16:18 “And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, becau…”

Jeremiah 16:18

And 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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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 my inheritance with their abominations.”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And first I will recompense their iniquitie and their sinne double, because they haue defiled my lande, and haue filled mine inheritance with their filthie carions and their abominations.

Darby Translation

But first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have profaned my land with the carcases of their detestable things, and with their abominations have they filled mine inheritance.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have recompensed a first — A second time — their iniquity and their sin, Because of their polluting My land, With the carcase of their detestable things, Yea, their abominable things have filled Mine inheritance.

Bible in Basic English

And I will give them the reward of their evil-doing and their sin twice over; because they have made my land unclean, and have made my heritage full of the bodies of their unholy and disgusting things.

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Cross references

“first”

Isaiah 40:2 Jeremiah 17:18 Revelation 18:6 Isaiah 61:7

Isaiah 40:2 · BSB

“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 sins.”

Jeremiah 17:18 · BSB

Let 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 and shatter them with double destruction.

Revelation 18:6 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 61:7 · BSB

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 will be theirs.

“they have defiled”

Jeremiah 2:7 Jeremiah 3:9 Zephaniah 3:1–5 Psalm 106:38 Micah 2:10 Isaiah 24:5

Jeremiah 2:7 · BSB

I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance detestable.

Jeremiah 3:9 · BSB

Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.

Zephaniah 3:1–5 · BSB

Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!

Psalm 106:38 · BSB

They 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.

Micah 2:10 · BSB

Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction— a grievous destruction!

Isaiah 24:5 · BSB

The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.

“the carcases”

Ezekiel 11:21 Ezekiel 11:18 Ezekiel 43:7–9 Leviticus 26:30

Ezekiel 11:21 · BSB

But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”

Ezekiel 11:18 · BSB

When they return to it, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations.

Ezekiel 43:7–9 · BSB

and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither the…

Leviticus 26:30 · BSB

I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.

19O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.

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