Jer 16:16-18 | TNotes | STEP | 16:16 The fishermen and hunters were the Babylonian soldiers God used to mete out his judgment (cp. Hab 1:14-16 ).

bHab 1:14-16►

dDeut 6:4-5►

eLev 19:18►

fMatt 22:37-40►

‏ Jeremiah 16:16-18

16:16 ^a The fishermen and hunters were the Babylonian soldiers God used to mete out his judgment (cp. Hab 1:14-16 ^b).
16:18 ^c The punishment was double—slaughter and exile—because the people of Judah had violated the two most important commandments. They did not love God (Deut 6:4-5 ^d), and they did not love their neighbors (Lev 19:18 ^e; see also Matt 22:37-40 ^f).