17 My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from me, nor is their sin concealed from my eyes.
17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
17 For my eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from me, nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.
17 I'm watching their every move. I haven't lost track of a single one of them, neither them nor their sins.
17 For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity hidden from My eyes.
17 I am watching them closely, and I see every sin. They cannot hope to hide from me.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 16:17
Commentary on Jeremiah 16:14-21
(Read Jeremiah 16:14-21)
The restoration from the Babylonish captivity would be remembered in place of the deliverance from Egypt; it also typified spiritual redemption, and the future deliverance of the church from antichristian oppression. But none of the sins of sinners can be hidden from God, or shall be overlooked by him. He will find out and raise up instruments of his wrath, that shall destroy the Jews, by fraud like fishers, by force like hunters. The prophet, rejoicing at the hope of mercy to come, addressed the Lord as his strength and refuge. The deliverance out of captivity shall be a figure of the great salvation to be wrought by the Messiah. The nations have often known the power of Jehovah in his wrath; but they shall know him as the strength of his people, and their refuge in time of trouble.