First - Before the return from exile.

I will recompense their iniquity ... double - The ordinary rule of the Law ([Re…

I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double. —A restitution, or fine, to double the amount of the wrong done wa…

Jeremiah introduces nothing new here but continues with the subject we observed in the previous verse—that God would not deal so severely with the …

And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin
double
Or, "but first I will…

The restoration from the Babylonian captivity would be remembered in place of the deliverance from Egypt; it also typified spiritual redemption, an…

Here, he gives the cause of the previously mentioned punishment.

First, he poses the question: why has the LORD spoken all this great…