Jeremiah 16:17

God's presence Sin

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 the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

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

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.

¹⁹ O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

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, beholding the evil and the good.
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Proverbs 5:21
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
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Jeremiah 23:24
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
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Psalms 90:8
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
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Job 34:21–22
For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
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1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
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Jeremiah 32:19
Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
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Hebrews 4:13
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
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