Jeremiah 16:18
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“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.”
חָלַל
Pierced, wounded, profaned. Chalal. To be fatally pierced through. This is the word used for Jesus being pierced on the cross. He was pierced because of what we did, not because of anything He did.
מִשְׁנֶה
the double of
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מִשְׁנֶה
properly, a repetition, i.e. a duplicate (copy of a document), or a double (in amount); by implication, a second (in order, rank, age, quality or location)
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עָוֺן
iniquity/ their
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עָוֺן
Iniquity, guilt, punishment. Avon. He forgives all your iniquity. God does not just forgive the act. He removes the guilt and the punishment.
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נַחֲלָה
inheritance/ my
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נַחֲלָה
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
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עַל
because
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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מָלֵא
they have filled
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מָלֵא
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
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שִׁקּוּץ
detestable things/ their
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שִׁקּוּץ
disgusting, i.e. filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol
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רִאשׁוֹן
first
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רִאשׁוֹן
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
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