Jeremiah 16:18
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.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 16 connects to 10 cross-references. Jeremiah is forbidden to marry, have children, enter a house of mourning, or join feasting as signs of the coming catastrophe. Their fathers forsook God and they were worse. But after the judgment, God promises a new Exodus that will …
Other Translations
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled mine inheritance with their abominations.
And I have recompensed a first--A second time--their iniquity and their sin, Because of their polluting My land, With the carcase of their detestable things, Yea, their abominable things have filled Mine inheritance.
And I will give them the reward of their evil-doing and their sin twice over; because they have made my land unclean, and have made my heritage full of the bodies of their unholy and disgusting things.
Cross References
(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were …
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of …
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot …
Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the Lord dwell among the children …
And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols …
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the …
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for …
For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land …
And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye …