OET interlinear JER 16:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) for their polluting of my land

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I_will_repay first doubly_of their_iniquity_of,their and,sin_of,their on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in they,have_profaned DOM land_of,my with,the_corpse[s]_of their_detestable_things_of,their and,abominations_of,their filled DOM inheritance_of,my )

Yahweh speaks of causing the land to be unacceptable to him as if the people had polluted the land. Alternate translation: “because they have polluted my land”.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) for their filling my inheritance with their disgusting idols

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I_will_repay first doubly_of their_iniquity_of,their and,sin_of,their on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in they,have_profaned DOM land_of,my with,the_corpse[s]_of their_detestable_things_of,their and,abominations_of,their filled DOM inheritance_of,my )

The idiom “to fill” means that they have placed many idols in the land. Alternate translation: “because they have filled my inheritance with their disgusting idols” or “because their disgusting idols are everywhere in my inheritance”.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) my inheritance

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I_will_repay first doubly_of their_iniquity_of,their and,sin_of,their on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in they,have_profaned DOM land_of,my with,the_corpse[s]_of their_detestable_things_of,their and,abominations_of,their filled DOM inheritance_of,my )

Yahweh speaks of the land as if it were his inheritance that he has claimed as a permanent possession. Alternate translation: “the land that is my inheritance”