Jeremiah 16:18

“And I will repay first double their iniquity and their sin, because they have profaned my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and with their abominations they have filled my inheritance.””

Jeremiah 16:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 16:18, word by word

And I will repayשִׁלַּמְתִּיshilamti

repay

To settle a debt, give back; keep a vow.

Where else “shilamti” appears
firstרִאשׁוֹנָהrishona

first

What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.

Where else “rishona” appears
doubleמִשְׁנֵהmishne

double

Twice the amount.

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their iniquityעֲוֺנָavona

iniquity

A serious wrong.

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and their sinחַטָּאתָchatata

sin

Failing God, not doing what he asks.

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they have profanedחַלְּלָchalla

profane

To treat what is holy as common.

Where else “challa” appears
my landאַרְצִartsi

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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with the carcassesנִבְלַתnivlat

carcass, dead body

A carcass, the dead body of a person or of an animal (often in the singular for many). Once, figuratively, of idols.

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of their detestable thingsשִׁקּוּצֵיshikutse

detestable thing

Detestable thing: what is disgusting; said above all of idols.

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and with their abominationsתוֹעֲבוֹתֵיtoavote

abomination

Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.

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they have filledמָלְאוּmalu

fill

To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.

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my inheritanceנַחֲלָתִnachalati

inheritance

Land or goods passed from parents to children.

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The context

17For my eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from before me, nor is their iniquity concealed from before my eyes.

18 · This verse (above)

19YHWH, my strength and my stronghold and my place to flee in the day of distress, to you nations will come from the ends of the earth and say: “Surely our fathers inherited falsehood, vapor, and there is no profit in them.”

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