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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 16:18

First — i.e. before "I bring them back again into their land"— I will recompense … double ; i.e. amply, in full measure (comp. Jeremiah 17:18 ; Isaiah 40:2 ; Revelation 18:6 ). With the carcasses , etc. The idols, which "defile the consciences" of those who worship them, are compared to the most unclean and loathsome objects. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 16:17

This chastisement arises not from caprice, but is decreed upon full knowledge and examination of their doings. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 16:18

First - 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 the carcases of their detestable things”... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 16:16-18

Jeremiah 16:16-18. Behold, I will send, &c. This may be better rendered, But now I will send, &c. Because here the prophet returns to denounce threatenings; many fishers, and they shall fish them “It is common with the sacred writers to represent enemies and oppressors under the metaphors of fishers and hunters, because they use all the methods of open force and secret stratagem to make men their prey.” By these two characters the same enemies are probably meant, namely, the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 16:1-21

Symbolic actions (16:1-21)Again God instructs his prophet concerning certain courses of action designed to attract the people’s attention. Jeremiah is to be a living reminder to the Judeans of what will happen to them if they do not repent. Firstly, he is not to marry or have children, as a grim warning to people that those with families will have greater distress when the final slaughter comes (16:1-4). Secondly, he is not to attend any funeral, as a warning that when Judah falls there will be... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 16:18

double. See note on Isaiah 40:2 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 16:18

Jeremiah 16:18. I will recompense—double— This phrase signifies, to punish with severity. See ch. Jer 17:18 and Isaiah 40:2. The carcases of their detestable things, means their idols, which are called carcases, not only because they are without life, but also because of their being so detestable in the sight of God. See Lowth and Calmet. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 16:17

17. (Jeremiah 32:19; Proverbs 5:21; Proverbs 15:3). their iniquity—the cause of God's judgments on them. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 16:18

18. 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" (Jeremiah 16:11; Jeremiah 16:12). English Version gives a good sense, "First (before 'I bring them again into their land'), I will doubly (that is, fully and amply, Jeremiah 17:18; Isaiah... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 16:14-21

Future blessings following imminent judgment 16:14-21The following three pericopes bracket the assurance of imminent judgment for Judah with promises of distant blessing for Israel and the nations. This passage promises deliverance from the captivity for the Israelites. It appears again later in Jeremiah almost verbatim (Jeremiah 23:7-8). read more