Wherefore... ? Figure of speech Erotesis, App-6. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 29:24; Deuteronomy 29:25). Compare Jeremiah 5:19.
evil. mischief, or calamity. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.
iniquity. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44.
sin. Hebrew. chata'. App-44.
Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 16:10
Jeremiah 16:10
10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?