Jeremiah 23:40

Jeremiah 23:40 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
• New International Version (NIV)I will bring on you everlasting disgrace—everlasting shame that will not be forgotten.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I will bring upon you everlasting reproach and perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.'"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.’ ”

Context of Jeremiah 23:40

38But if you claim, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ then this is what the LORD says: Because you have said, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ and I specifically told you not to make this claim, 39therefore I will surely forget you and will cast you out of My presence, both you and the city that I gave to you and your fathers. And I will bring upon you everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.”

Jeremiah 23:40 word by word

וְנָתַתִּ֥י עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם חֶרְפַּ֣ת עוֹלָ֑ם וּכְלִמּ֣וּת עוֹלָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר לֹ֥א תִשָּׁכֵֽחַ׃ סRead the interlinear

• And I will bringנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• upon youעַל‛al · uponH5921
• everlastingעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• shameחֶרְפָּהcherpâh · reproachH2781
• humiliationכְּלִמּוּתkelimmûth · shameH3640
• thatאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• will neverלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• be forgottenשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911

Cross-references for Jeremiah 23:40

• Jeremiah 20:11But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.
• Jeremiah 24:9I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
• Jeremiah 42:18For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’
• Jeremiah 44:8Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.
• Deuteronomy 28:37You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
• Ezekiel 5:14I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.
• Daniel 9:16O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.
• Daniel 12:2And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
• Hosea 4:7The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 23:40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 40I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you - And this reproach of having rebelled against so good a God, and rejected so powerful a Savior, follows them to this day through all their dispersions, in every part of the habitable earth. The word of the Lord cannot fail.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 33-40Verses 33-40 Those are miserable indeed who are forsaken and forgotten of God; and men's jesting at God's judgments will not baffle them. God had taken Israel to be a people near to him, but they shall now be cast out of his presence. It is a mark of great and daring impiety for men to jest with the words of God. Every idle and profane word will add to the sinner's burden in the day of judgment, when everlasting shame will be his portion.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 40People would mock the false prophets. Their predictions would be wrong when Jerusalem was destroyed and its people were taken into exile.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4040. not be forgotten--If we translate Jr 23:39 as English Version, the antithesis is, though I forget you, your shame shall not be forgotten.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Adulterer
• Course
• Righteousness
• Send
• Crime; Crimes
• Daniel, Book of
• Micaiah
• Uriah; Uruah

Commentaries on Jeremiah 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings