What Does Jeremiah 16:18 Mean?

“I will recompense”

to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate

“And first”

first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

“double”

properly, a repetition, i.e., a duplicate (copy of a document), or a double (in amount); by implication, a second (in order, rank, age, quality or loc

“their iniquity”

perversity, i.e., (moral) evil

“and their sin”

an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“because they have defiled”

properly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“my land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“with the carcases”

a flabby thing, i.e., a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol

“of their detestable”

disgusting, i.e., filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol

“and abominable things”

properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e., (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol

“they have filled”

to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“mine inheritance”

properly, something inherited, i.e., (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion