Jeremiah 1:16

Translations

Modern

I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me, and they have burned incense to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands.

Traditional

And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

Literal

And I will speak My judgments against them over all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods, and bowed down to the works of their own hands.

Latin

…et loquar judicia mea cum eis super omnem malitiam eorum qui dereliquerunt me, et libaverunt diis alienis, et adoraverunt opus manuum suarum.

Original

Hebrew

English

I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me, and they have burned incense to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands.

Notes

Jeremiah 1:1–19

Jeremiah's call is shown as a conversation. God spoke like a king to Jeremiah. Jeremiah's objections show he understood himself well. God answered his objections with promises and strong visions.

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Judgment of His People

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 19:4
…because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.
Jeremiah 7:9
Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
Acts 7:41
At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.
Deuteronomy 28:20
The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.
Isaiah 2:8
Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
Deuteronomy 31:16
And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.
2 Kings 22:17
…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.’
Jeremiah 4:12
…a wind too strong for that comes from Me. Now I also pronounce judgments against them.”
Hosea 8:6
For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.
Jeremiah 17:13
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
Isaiah 37:19
They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
Hosea 11:2
But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Jeremiah (Person) Ordain, Ordination Prophet, Prophetess Revelation

Topics

Forsaking God: Punishment of Idolatry: Other Customs of Incense Burned on Altars Idolatry: Warnings Against, and Punishments of Jeremiah: The Prophet: Call of Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments

Jeremiah 1:16

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