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17 For my eyes are on all their ways, they are not hidden from before me,[a] and their iniquity is not concealed from before my eyes. 18 And I will first doubly repay[b] their iniquity and their sin because of their profaning my land with the dead bodies[c] of their abhorrences, and with their abominations they have filled up my inheritance.’”

19 O Yahweh, my strength, and my stronghold,
    and my refuge in the day of distress,
to you the nations will come from the ends of the earth,
    and they will say, “Our ancestors[d] have inherited only lies,[e]
    vanity, and there is no profit in them.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 16:17 Literally “from to the face of me”
  2. Jeremiah 16:18 Literally “I will reward first second”
  3. Jeremiah 16:18 Hebrew “dead body”
  4. Jeremiah 16:19 Or “fathers”
  5. Jeremiah 16:19 Hebrew “lie”

17 My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden(A) from me, nor is their sin concealed from my eyes.(B) 18 I will repay(C) them double(D) for their wickedness and their sin, because they have defiled my land(E) with the lifeless forms of their vile images(F) and have filled my inheritance with their detestable idols.(G)(H)

19 Lord, my strength and my fortress,
    my refuge(I) in time of distress,
to you the nations will come(J)
    from the ends of the earth and say,
“Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods,(K)
    worthless idols(L) that did them no good.(M)

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