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because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will first repay them double for their wrongdoing and their sin, because they have defiled My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable idols and their abominations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I will first doubly repay their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable idols and with their abominations.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And I will first doubly repay their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable idols and with their abominations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I will first doubly repay their iniquity and their sin because they have profaned My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable idols and with their abominations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I will first doubly repay <i>and</i> punish them for their wickedness and their sin [before I return them to their land], because they have profaned My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable idols and with their abominations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I 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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will first repay them double for their guilt and sin because they have polluted My land. They have filled My inheritance with the lifelessness of their detestable and abhorrent idols.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I will punish you double for your sins, because you have polluted my own land. You have filled it with lifeless idols that remind me of dead bodies. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have polluted my land with the carcases of their detestable things, and have filled mine inheritance with their abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />First, I will have them pay twice as much for their wickedness and their sin, because they have polluted my land. They have filled my property with the lifeless statues of their detestable and disgusting idols."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will make them pay double for their sin and wickedness, because they have defiled my land with idols that are as lifeless as corpses, and have filled it with their false gods." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />First I'll repay them double for their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted my land with the dead bodies of their detestable images, and they have filled my inheritance with their abominations." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Before I restore them I will punish them in full for their sins and the wrongs they have done. For they have polluted my land with the lifeless statues of their disgusting idols. They have filled the land I have claimed as my own with their detestable idols." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled my inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable things.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have repaid a first—A second time—their iniquity and their sin, "" Because of their defiling My land, "" With the carcass of their detestable things, "" Indeed, their abominations have filled My inheritance.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I requited first double their iniquity and their sin, for their defiling my land, with the carcasses of their abominable things, and their abominations they filled up mine inheritance.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will repay first their double iniquities, and their sins: because they have defiled my land with the carcasses of their idols, and they have filled my inheritance with their abominations. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But first, I will repay their double iniquities and their sins. For they have defiled my land with the dead bodies of their idols, and they have filled my inheritance with their abominations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will at once repay them double for their crime and their sin because they profaned my land with the corpses of their detestable idols, and filled my heritage with their abominations. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And 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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And first I will doubly recompense them for their iniquities and their sins; because they have defiled my land with burnt offerings of their idols and have filled my inheritance with their abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall pay them first, double their debts each, and their sins, because they polluted my land by the sacrifices of their idols, and with their abominations they have filled my inheritance<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; Because they have profaned My land; They have filled Mine inheritance With the carcasses of their detestable things and their abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I will recompense their mischiefs doubly, and their sins, whereby they have profaned my land with the carcases of their abominations, and with their iniquities, whereby they have trespassed against mine inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=4941" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/16.htm">God will Restore Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7223.htm" title="7223: ri·šō·w·nāh (Adj-fs) -- Former, first, chief. Or riishon; from ri'shah; first, in place, time or rank.">And I will first</a> <a href="/hebrew/7999.htm" title="7999: wə·šil·lam·tî (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to be safe; figuratively, to be completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate.">repay them</a> <a href="/hebrew/4932.htm" title="4932: miš·nêh (N-msc) -- A double, copy, second. From shanah; properly, a repetition, i.e. A duplicate, or a double; by implication, a second.">double</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ă·wō·nām (N-csc:: 3mp) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">their iniquity</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: wə·ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯām (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">and their sin,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="2490: ḥal·lə·lām (V-Piel-Inf:: 3mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to bore, i.e. to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane, to break, to begin; denom. to play.">they have defiled</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ar·ṣî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">My land</a> <a href="/hebrew/5038.htm" title="5038: bə·niḇ·laṯ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- A carcass, corpse. From nabel; a flabby thing, i.e. A carcase or carrion; figuratively, an idol.">with the carcasses</a> <a href="/hebrew/8251.htm" title="8251: šiq·qū·ṣê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Detested thing. Or shiqquts; from shaqats; disgusting, i.e. Filthy; especially idolatrous or an idol.">of their detestable idols,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: mā·lə·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">and they have filled</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5159.htm" title="5159: na·ḥă·lā·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From nachal; properly, something inherited, i.e. occupancy, or an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion.">My inheritance</a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: wə·ṯō·w·‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·hem (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 3mp) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">with their abominations.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>O 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-30.htm">Leviticus 26:30-33</a></span><br />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. / I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices. / And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-21.htm">Deuteronomy 32:21-22</a></span><br />They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding. / For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/22-17.htm">2 Kings 22:17</a></span><br />because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-6.htm">Isaiah 65:6-7</a></span><br />Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps, / both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/5-11.htm">Ezekiel 5:11-13</a></span><br />Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you. / A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them. / And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-3.htm">Ezekiel 7:3-4</a></span><br />The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations. / I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/9-9.htm">Ezekiel 9:9-10</a></span><br />He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’ / But as for Me, I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. I will bring their deeds down upon their own heads.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-31.htm">Ezekiel 22:31</a></span><br />So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-9.htm">Hosea 9:9</a></span><br />They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/3-2.htm">Amos 3:2</a></span><br />“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-17.htm">Zephaniah 1:17-18</a></span><br />I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung. / Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Romans 1:18</a></span><br />The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5-6</a></span><br />But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. / God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-9.htm">Romans 11:9-10</a></span><br />And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them. / May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20-22</a></span><br />No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. / You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too. / Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled my inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable things.</p><p class="hdg">first.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/17-18.htm">Jeremiah 17:18</a></b></br> Let 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/40-2.htm">Isaiah 40:2</a></b></br> Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/61-7.htm">Isaiah 61:7</a></b></br> For your shame <i>ye shall have</i> double; and <i>for</i> confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.</p><p class="hdg">they have defiled.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Jeremiah 2:7</a></b></br> And 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/3-1.htm">Jeremiah 3:1,2,9</a></b></br> They 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 the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/18-27.htm">Leviticus 18:27,28</a></b></br> (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which <i>were</i> before you, and the land is defiled;) … </p><p class="hdg">the carcases.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-30.htm">Leviticus 26:30</a></b></br> And 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Ezekiel 11:18,21</a></b></br> And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/43-7.htm">Ezekiel 43:7-9</a></b></br> And 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, <i>neither</i> they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a 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Jews;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/16-10.htm">because they were worse than their fathers.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/16-14.htm">Their return from captivity shall be stranger than their deliverance out of Egypt.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/16-16.htm">God will doubly recompense their idolatry.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 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valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin</b><br>This phrase indicates a divine judgment that is both just and severe. The concept of "repaying double" is a common biblical motif, seen in passages like <a href="/isaiah/40-2.htm">Isaiah 40:2</a> and <a href="/revelation/18-6.htm">Revelation 18:6</a>, symbolizing complete and thorough retribution. The doubling of punishment underscores the seriousness of the people's sins and God's commitment to justice. In the context of Jeremiah, this reflects the covenantal relationship between God and Israel, where blessings and curses were clearly outlined (Deuteronomy 28). The sins of the people, including idolatry and social injustice, have reached a point where divine intervention is necessary.<p><b>because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols</b><br>The land is described as "My land," emphasizing God's ownership and the sacredness of the Promised Land. The defilement through "carcasses of their detestable idols" suggests not only idolatry but also the desecration of the land with practices that are abhorrent to God. This echoes <a href="/leviticus/18-24.htm">Leviticus 18:24-28</a>, where the land itself is said to "vomit out" its inhabitants due to their abominations. Archaeological findings in ancient Israel have uncovered evidence of idol worship, including altars and figurines, which corroborate the biblical accounts of widespread idolatry. The use of "carcasses" may also imply the lifelessness and futility of these idols compared to the living God.<p><b>and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.</b><br>"My inheritance" refers to the land of Israel, which was given to the Israelites as a divine inheritance (<a href="/deuteronomy/4-20.htm">Deuteronomy 4:20</a>). The term "abominations" is often used in the Old Testament to describe practices that are particularly offensive to God, such as idolatry, child sacrifice, and other pagan rituals (<a href="/deuteronomy/12-31.htm">Deuteronomy 12:31</a>). The filling of the land with such abominations indicates a saturation of sin that has corrupted what was meant to be holy and set apart for God's purposes. This phrase highlights the gravity of the people's rebellion and the need for purification and restoration, themes that are central to the prophetic message of Jeremiah.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned the reigns of several kings and was marked by warnings of impending judgment due to the people's unfaithfulness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was the primary audience of Jeremiah's prophecies. The people of Judah had turned away from God, engaging in idolatry and other sins.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_land.htm">God's Land</a></b><br>Refers to the land of Israel, which God had given to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as an inheritance. It was considered holy and set apart for God's purposes.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/idols_and_abominations.htm">Idols and Abominations</a></b><br>The false gods and detestable practices that the people of Judah had adopted, which were in direct violation of God's commandments.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/divine_retribution.htm">Divine Retribution</a></b><br>The event of God repaying the people of Judah for their sins, emphasizing the seriousness of their transgressions and the certainty of divine justice.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_idolatry.htm">The Seriousness of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is not just the worship of physical idols but anything that takes the place of God in our lives. We must examine our hearts for modern-day idols.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Sin has real consequences, both spiritually and physically. God's justice is sure, and He will address unrepentant sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_holiness_of_god's_inheritance.htm">The Holiness of God's Inheritance</a></b><br>As believers, we are called to be stewards of what God has entrusted to us, including our bodies, resources, and the environment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>While God is just, He is also merciful. True repentance can lead to restoration and healing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Obedience to God's commandments is crucial for maintaining a right relationship with Him and avoiding the pitfalls of sin.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_deut._24_16_with_generational_guilt.htm">How do we reconcile Deuteronomy 24:16, which prohibits punishing children for parents' sins, with other passages that suggest communal or generational guilt?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_claim_child_sacrifice_without_proof.htm">How can 2 Chronicles 28:3 claim child sacrifice occurred without any clear archeological evidence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_ezekiel_7_3_imply_collective_punishment.htm">Ezekiel 7:3 speaks of God punishing 'according to your ways'--why does this seem to punish everyone collectively, conflicting with other scriptures emphasizing individual accountability?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_destroy_sodom,_not_other_cities.htm">Why did God destroy Sodom and Gomorrah but allow other wicked cities to continue?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double.</span>--A restitution, or fine, to double the amount of the wrong done was almost the normal standard of punishment under the Law of Moses (<a href="/exodus/22-4.htm" title="If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.">Exodus 22:4</a>; <a href="/exodus/22-7.htm" title="If a man shall deliver to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.">Exodus 22:7</a>). The words threaten accordingly a full punishment according to the utmost rigour. In <a href="/isaiah/40-2.htm" title="Speak you comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry to her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she has received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins.">Isaiah 40:2</a> the same thought is presented in its brighter aspect. Israel has received "double for all her sins," and therefore, having paid, as it were, "the uttermost farthing" (<a href="/matthew/5-26.htm" title="Truly I say to you, You shall by no means come out there, till you have paid the uttermost farthing.">Matthew 5:26</a>), she may now hope for mercy.<p><span class= "bld">The carcases . . .</span>--The word may be used in scorn of the lifeless form of the dumb idols which the people worshipped, to touch which was to be polluted, as by contact with a corpse (<a href="/numbers/19-11.htm" title="He that touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.">Numbers 19:11</a>); but it more probably points to the dead bodies of the victims that had been sacrificed to them. The phrase occurs also in a like context in <a href="/leviticus/26-30.htm" title="And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses on the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.">Leviticus 26:30</a>. It would appear from <a href="/isaiah/65-4.htm" title="Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;">Isaiah 65:4</a> that these often included animals which by the Law were unclean: "swine's flesh and broth of abominable things." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">First</span> - <span class="accented">i.e.</span> before "I bring them back again into their land" - <span class="cmt_word">I will recompense... double</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> amply, in full measure (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/17-18.htm">Jeremiah 17:18</a>; <a href="/isaiah/40-2.htm">Isaiah 40:2</a>; <a href="/revelation/18-6.htm">Revelation 18:6</a>). <span class="cmt_word">With the carcasses</span>, etc. The idols, which "defile the consciences" of those who worship them, are compared to the most unclean and loathsome objects. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And I will first</span><br /><span class="heb">רִֽאשׁוֹנָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(ri·šō·w·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7223.htm">Strong's 7223: </a> </span><span class="str2">First, in place, time, rank</span><br /><br /><span class="word">repay them</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šil·lam·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7999.htm">Strong's 7999: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">double</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְׁנֵ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(miš·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4932.htm">Strong's 4932: </a> </span><span class="str2">A repetition, a duplicate, a double, a second</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their iniquity</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲוֺנָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·wō·nām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and their sin,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְחַטָּאתָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> </span><span class="str2">An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they have defiled</span><br /><span class="heb">חַלְּלָ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḥal·lə·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2490.htm">Strong's 2490: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My land</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְצִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·ṣî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with the carcasses</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנִבְלַ֤ת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·niḇ·laṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5038.htm">Strong's 5038: </a> </span><span class="str2">A flabby thing, a carcase, carrion, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of their detestable idols,</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁקּֽוּצֵיהֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(šiq·qū·ṣê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8251.htm">Strong's 8251: </a> </span><span class="str2">Disgusting, filthy, idolatrous, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and they have filled</span><br /><span class="heb">מָלְא֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(mā·lə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My inheritance</span><br /><span class="heb">נַחֲלָתִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(na·ḥă·lā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5159.htm">Strong's 5159: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with their abominations.”</span><br /><span class="heb">וְתוֹעֲב֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯō·w·‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8441.htm">Strong's 8441: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Jeremiah 16:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Jeremiah 16:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Jeremiah 16:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Jeremiah 16:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Jeremiah 16:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Jeremiah 16:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Jeremiah 16:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Jeremiah 16:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Jeremiah 16:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Jeremiah 16:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/16-18.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 16:18 First I will recompense their iniquity (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/16-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 16:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 16:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/16-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 16:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 16:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>