Jer 1:16 | NET2full | STEP | 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 .

‏ Jeremiah 1:16

16 In this way ^{▼▼tn The Hebrew particle (the vav [ו] consecutive), which is often rendered in some English versions as “and” and in others is simply left untranslated, is rendered here epexegetically, reflecting a summary statement.} I will pass sentence ^{▼▼sn The Hebrew idiom (literally “I will speak my judgments against”) is found three other times in Jeremiah (4:12; 39:5; 52:9), where it is followed by the carrying out of the sentence. Here the carrying out of the sentence precedes in v. 15.} on the people of Jerusalem and Judah ^{▼▼tn Heb “on them.” The antecedent goes back to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah (i.e., the people in them) in v. 15.} because of all their wickedness. For they rejected me and offered sacrifices to other gods, worshiping what they made with their own hands. ^{▼▼tn That is, idols.}