Jeremiah 1 · Verse 16

Jeremiah 1:16

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.

Jeremiah 1:16, King James Version

Jeremiah 1:16 in other translations

BSB	I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me to burn incense to other gods and to worship the works of their own hands.
WEB	I will utter my judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.
ASV	And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
YLT	And I have spoken My judgments with them concerning all their evil, in that they have forsaken Me, and make perfume to other gods, and bow themselves to the works of their own hands.
DARBY	and I will pronounce my judgments against them for all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto othergods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
BBE	And I will give my decision against them on account of all their evil-doing; because they have given me up, burning perfumes to other gods and worshipping the works of their hands.
Webster	And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.

What does Jeremiah 1:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

16. utter--pronounce. The judicial sentences, pronounced against the Jews by the invading princes, would be virtually the "judgments of God" (Is 10:5). works--idols.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 16 I will utter my judgments - God denounced his judgments: the conquest of their cities, and the destruction of the realm, were the facts to which these judgments referred; and these facts prove that the threatening was fulfilled. Worshipped the works of their own hands - Idolatry was the source of all their wickedness and was the cause of their desolations. For למעשי lemaasey, the works, more than a hundred MSS. of Kennicott's and De Rossi's, with many editions, have למעשה lemaaseh, the work. Idolatry was their One great Work, the business of their life, their trade.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 1:11-19

God gave Jeremiah a view of the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. The almond-tree, which is more forward in the spring than any other, represented the speedy approach of judgments. God also showed whence the intended ruin should arise. Jeremiah saw a seething-pot boiling, representing Jerusalem and Judah in great commotion. The mouth or face of the furnace or hearth, was toward the north; from…

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Jeremiah 1:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְדִבַּרְתִּ֤יve.di.bar.Tiand I will speakH1696

מִשְׁפָּטַי֙mish.pa.Taijudgments myH4941

אוֹתָ֔ם'o.Tamwith themH854

עַ֖ל'alonH5921

כָּל\־kol-allH3605

רָעָתָ֑םra.'a.Tamwickedness theirH7451

אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834

עֲזָב֗וּנִי'a.za.Vu.nithey have forsaken meH5800

וַֽיְקַטְּרוּ֙vay.ka.te.Ruand they have made smokeH6999

לֵאלֹהִ֣יםle.lo.Himto godsH430

אֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimotherH312

וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּvai.yish.ta.cha.Vuand they have bowed downH7812

לְמַעֲשֵׂ֥יle.ma.'a.Seito [the] products ofH4639

יְדֵיהֶֽם\׃ye.dei.Hemhands theirH3027

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Cross references for Jeremiah 1:16

Jeremiah 7:9
Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
Jeremiah 19:4
Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
Deuteronomy 28:20
The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
Acts 7:41
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
Isaiah 2:8
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
Deuteronomy 31:16
And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
Isaiah 37:19
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
2 Kings 22:17
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
Joshua 24:20
If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
Jeremiah 4:12
Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.
Jeremiah 17:13
O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.
Hosea 8:6
For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And I.
4:12,28; 5:9,29; Eze 24:14; Joe 2:11; Mt 23:35,36
who have.
2:13,17; 15:6; 16:11; 17:13; 19:4; De 28:20; 31:16; Jos 24:20
2Ki 22:17; 2Ch 7:19; 15:2; 34:25
and have.
7:9; 11:12,17; 44:17; Isa 65:3; Eze 8:9-11; Ho 11:2
worshipped.
10:8,9,15; 51:17; Isa 2:8; 37:19; 44:15; Ho 8:6; Ac 7:41

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Context

Jeremiah 1:15
For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
Jeremiah 1:16
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.
Jeremiah 1:17
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

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Jeremiah 1:16 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y á causa de toda su malicia, proferiré mis juicios contra los que me dejaron, é incensaron á dioses extraños, y á hechuras de sus manos se encorvaron.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et je prononcerai contre eux mes jugements, à cause de toute leur iniquité par laquelle ils m’ont abandonné, et ont brûlé de l’encens à d’autres dieux, et se sont prosternés devant l’ouvrage de leurs mains.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und ich werde meine Gerichte über sie sprechen wegen all ihrer Bosheit, daß sie mich verlassen und anderen Göttern geräuchert und vor den Werken ihrer Hände sich niedergebeugt haben.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	et loquar judicia mea cum eis super omnem malitiam eorum qui dereliquerunt me, et libaverunt diis alienis, et adoraverunt opus manuum suarum.