Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 16:18
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18. first . . . double —HORSLEY translates, "I will recompense . . . once and again "; literally, "the first time repeated": alluding to the two captivities—the Babylonian and the Roman. MAURER, "I will recompense their former iniquities (those long ago committed by their fathers) and their (own) repeated sins" ( Jeremiah 16:11 ; Jeremiah 16:12 ). English Version gives a good sense, " First (before 'I bring them again into their land'), I will doubly (that is, fully and amply, Jeremiah 17:18 ; Isaiah 40:2 ) recompense." carcasses —not sweet-smelling sacrifices acceptable to God, but "carcasses" offered to idols, an offensive odor to God: human victims ( Jeremiah 19:5 ; Ezekiel 16:20 ), and unclean animals ( Isaiah 65:4 ; Isaiah 66:17 ). MAURER explains it, "the carcasses" of the idols: their images void of sense and life. Compare Jeremiah 16:19 ; Jeremiah 16:20 . Leviticus 26:30 favors this. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-19" class="com-number"
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