Jeremiah 1:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their evil in forsaking Me, burning incense to other gods, and worshiping the works of their own hands.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְדִבַּרְתִּ֤י מִשְׁפָּטַי֙ אוֹתָ֔ם עַ֖ל כָּל־רָעָתָ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר עֲזָב֗וּנִי וַֽיְקַטְּרוּ֙ לֵאלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ לְמַעֲשֵׂ֥י יְדֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And-dibbartî mišpāṭay ʾôtām upon all-rāʿātām ʾăšer ʿăzābûnî and-yĕqaṭṭĕrû to-ʾĕlōhîm ʾăḥērîm and-yištaḥăwû to-maʿăśê yĕdêhem

Grammar Details

• *dibbartî*: Piel perfect 1st singular - I will speak/pronounce
• *mišpāṭay*: plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my judgments
• *ʾôtām*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
• *rāʿātām*: feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their evil/wickedness
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - who/which/that
• *ʿăzābûnî*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural with 1st person singular suffix - they forsook me
• *yĕqaṭṭĕrû*: Piel imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they burned incense/offerings
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: plural noun - gods
• *ʾăḥērîm*: adjective masculine plural - other
• *yištaḥăwû*: Hishtaphel imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they bowed down/worshiped
• *maʿăśê*: plural construct - works of
• *yĕdêhem*: dual noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their hands

Word Meanings

• *dibbartî* *mišpāṭay*: I will speak my judgments/I will pronounce my verdicts
• *rāʿātām*: their evil/their wickedness/their wrongdoing
• *ʿăzābûnî*: they forsook me/they abandoned me/they rejected me
• *yĕqaṭṭĕrû*: they burned incense/they made offerings/they sacrificed
• *yištaḥăwû*: they bowed down/they worshiped/they prostrated themselves

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And I will utter My judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, who have forsaken Me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And I will utter{H1696} my judgments{H4941} against them touching{H5921} all their wickedness,{H7451} in that they have forsaken{H5800} me, and have burned incense{H6999} unto other{H312} gods,{H430} and worshipped{H7812} the works{H4639} of their own hands.{H3027}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And I will utter{H1696}{(H8765)} my judgments{H4941} against them touching{H5921} all their wickedness{H7451}, who have forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} me, and have burned incense{H6999}{(H8762)} unto other{H312} gods{H430}, and worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)} the works{H4639} of their own hands{H3027}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And thorow them shall I declare my iudgment, vpon all the wickednesse of those men that haue forsaken me: that haue offred vnto straunge goddes, & worshipped the workes of their owne hondes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And I will declare vnto them my iudgements touching all the wickednesse of them that haue forsaken me, and haue burnt incense vnto other gods, and worshipped the workes of their owne handes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And through them shall I declare my iudgement, vpo all the wickednesse of those men that haue forsaken me, that haue burnt incense vnto straunge gods, and worshipped the workes of their owne handes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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. [

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  In this way I will pass sentence on the people of Jerusalem and Judah because of all their wickedness. For they rejected me and offered sacrifices to other gods, worshiping what they made with their own hands.”

Referenced Verses

• Jer 7:9 : 9 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
• Jer 19:4 : 4 For they have abandoned Me and made this place foreign. They have burned incense here to other gods—gods that neither they, their ancestors, nor the kings of Judah have known. And they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.
• Deut 28:20 : 20 The LORD will send curses, confusion, and rebuke in everything you undertake until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil of your deeds, by which you have forsaken Me.
• Isa 2:8 : 8 Their land is filled with idols. They bow down to the work of their own hands, to what their fingers have made.
• Isa 37:19 : 19 They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but the work of human hands—wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.
• Jer 4:12 : 12 A wind too strong for these will come from me; now I will also pronounce judgments against them.
• Jer 44:17 : 17 Instead, we will do everything we promised: we will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. At that time, we had plenty of food, prospered, and experienced no disaster.
• Jer 17:13 : 13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake You will be put to shame. Those who turn away from You will be written in the earth, for they have abandoned the fountain of living water, the LORD.
• Acts 7:41 : 41 At that time, they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.
• Jer 51:17 : 17 Every human is senseless, lacking knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.
• Ezek 8:9-9 : 9 And He said to me, 'Go in and see the wicked abominations they are doing here.' 10 So I went in and looked, and behold, there were all sorts of carvings of crawling things, detestable animals, and all the idols of the house of Israel engraved on the walls all around. 11 Seventy elders of the house of Israel were standing there, with Jaazaniah, son of Shaphan, standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense was rising.
• Ezek 24:14 : 14 I, the Lord, have spoken. It will come to pass, and I will act. I will not relent, I will not show pity, nor will I change my mind. According to your ways and your deeds, you will be judged, declares the Lord God.
• Hos 8:6 : 6 This calf comes from Israel! A craftsman made it; it is not God. It will be shattered into pieces—this calf of Samaria.
• Hos 11:2 : 2 But the more they were called, the more they went away from them; they sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to the carved images.
• Joel 2:11 : 11 The LORD thunders before his army; his forces are very great. Mighty is the one who executes his word. The day of the LORD is great and very dreadful—who can endure it?
• Matt 23:35-36 : 35 so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Truly, I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
• Jer 4:28 : 28 Because of this, the earth will mourn, and the heavens above will grow dark. For I have spoken, I have purposed, and I will not relent or turn back from it.
• Jer 5:9 : 9 Should I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord. Should I not take vengeance on a nation like this?
• Jer 5:29 : 29 Should I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
• Jer 10:8-9 : 8 They are all senseless and foolish; their instruction comes from worthless idols. 9 Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz—the work of the craftsman and of the goldsmith. Their clothing is blue and purple, all made by skilled workers.
• Jer 10:15 : 15 They are worthless, a work of mockery; at the time of their punishment, they will perish.
• Jer 11:12 : 12 The cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense, but those gods will not save them in their time of disaster.
• Jer 11:17 : 17 The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has pronounced disaster against you because of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have done to provoke me by burning incense to Baal.
• Jer 15:6 : 6 'You have rejected Me,' declares the LORD. 'You keep going backward. So I have stretched out My hand against you and destroyed you; I am tired of relenting.'
• Jer 16:11 : 11 Then you are to answer them: 'It is because your ancestors abandoned Me,' declares the LORD, 'and followed other gods, served them, and worshiped them. But they abandoned Me and did not keep My law.
• Isa 44:15 : 15 It becomes fuel for a man; he takes part of it to warm himself, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. But he also makes a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.
• Isa 65:3 : 3 These people continually provoke me to my face, offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on bricks.
• Jer 2:13 : 13 For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
• Jer 2:17 : 17 Have you not brought this upon yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when he led you in the way?
• Deut 31:16 : 16 The LORD said to Moses, 'Behold, you are going to rest with your ancestors, and this people will rise up and prostitute themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake me and break the covenant I made with them.'
• Josh 24:20 : 20 If you abandon the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring harm to you and destroy you, after He has been good to you.
• 2 Kgs 22:17 : 17 ‘Because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, provoking Me to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore, My wrath is kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched.’
• 2 Chr 7:19 : 19 But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,
• 2 Chr 15:2 : 2 He went out to meet Asa and said to him, 'Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.'
• 2 Chr 34:25 : 25 Because they have abandoned Me and burned incense to other gods, provoking Me to anger with all the works of their hands, My wrath will be poured out on this place, and it will not be quenched.'