# Jeremiah 1:16

> I will pronounce My judgments against them
for all their wickedness,
because they have forsaken Me
to burn incense to other gods
and to worship the works of their own hands.

— Jeremiah 1:16, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem

## When

- 627 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Jeremiah 1:2 dates itself by the thirteenth year of Josiah, which is 627 BC, five years before the Temple reform.

## Who ruled

- **Josiah**, king of Judah, 640-609 BC · Source: 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles 34-35; his death at Megiddo falls in the Egyptian campaign of 609 BC, which the Babylonian Chronicles record

## See also

- Jeremiah 7:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/7/9
- Jeremiah 19:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/19/4
- Deuteronomy 28:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/28/20
- Acts 7:41 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/7/41
- Isaiah 2:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/2/8
- Deuteronomy 31:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/31/16
- Joshua 24:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/24/20
- 2 Kings 22:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/22/17

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/1/16
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).