Jeremiah 16:17

For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.

In Context

16But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.

18And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”

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Cross References

Job 10:14If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.

Job 34:21For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.

Psalms 33:15He shapes the hearts of each; He considers all their works.

Psalms 139:3You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.

Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.

Isaiah 66:18“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 16:15-21

Judgment and Mercy; Restoration of the Jews; Deliverance from Babylon. ( b. c. 605.) 14 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord , that it shall no more be said, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 15 But, The Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers. 16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith… Read the whole commentary →

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