Jeremiah 16:17

God's presence Sin

¹⁵ Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ For I will return them to their land that I gave to their forefathers.

¹⁶ But 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.

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

¹⁸ And 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.”

¹⁹ O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.
KJV: For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
WEB: For my eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from my face. Their iniquity isn’t concealed from my eyes.
ASV: For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from mine eyes.
DARBY: For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not concealed from my face, neither is their iniquity hidden from before mine eyes.
BLB: For My eyes [are] on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, and their iniquity is not hidden from before My eyes!

ÅB: For mine øyne er rettet på alle deres veier; de er ikke skjult for mitt åsyn, og deres misgjerning er ikke dulgt for mine øyne.
OTB: For jeg er klar over alle deres veier; de er ikke skjult for meg, og deres misgjerning er ikke skjult for mitt syn.
B1930: For mine øine er rettet på alle deres veier; de er ikke skjult for mitt åsyn, og deres misgjerning er ikke dulgt for mine øine.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
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Proverbs 5:21
For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
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Jeremiah 23:24
“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
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Psalms 90:8
You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
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Job 34:21–22
For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.
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1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
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Jeremiah 32:19
the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
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Hebrews 4:13
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
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