God’s Word Translation
Jeremiah 23:40
40I will bring eternal disgrace and shame on you. It will never be forgotten.’ ”
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
38Suppose they say, ‘This is the Lord’s revelation!’ Then say, ‘This is what the Lord says: Because you have said, “This is the Lord’s revelation!” even though I commanded you not to repeat this saying, 39I will certainly forget you. I will throw you out of my presence and out of the city that I gave you and your ancestors. I will bring eternal disgrace and shame on you. It will never be forgotten.’ ”
Read all of Jeremiah 23Jeremiah 23:40 word by word
וְנָתַתִּ֥י עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם חֶרְפַּ֣ת עוֹלָ֑ם וּכְלִמּ֣וּת עוֹלָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר לֹ֥א תִשָּׁכֵֽחַ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 23:40
- Jeremiah 20:11But the Lord is on my side like a terrifying warrior. That is why those who persecute me will stumble. They can’t win. They will be very ashamed that they can’t succeed. Their eternal shame will not be forgotten.
- Jeremiah 24:9I will make them a horrifying sight to all the kingdoms of the earth. They will be a disgrace and an example. They will become something ridiculed and cursed wherever I scatter them.
- Jeremiah 42:18“This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: As my anger and my fury were poured out on those who live in Jerusalem, so my fury will be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become a curse word. You will become something ridiculed, cursed, and disgraced. You won’t see this place again.
- Jeremiah 44:8Why do you make me angry by burning incense to other gods in Egypt, where you have come to live. You will destroy yourselves and be cursed and ridiculed by all the nations on earth.
- Deuteronomy 28:37You will become a thing of horror. All the nations where the Lord will send you will make an example of you and ridicule you.
- Ezekiel 5:14I will turn you into a wasteland and an object of ridicule among the nations around you and in the presence of everyone who passes by you.
- Daniel 9:16Lord, since you are very righteous, turn your anger and fury away from your city, Jerusalem, your holy mountain. Jerusalem and your people are insulted by everyone around us because of our sins and the wicked things our ancestors did.
- Daniel 12:2Many sleeping in the ground will wake up. Some will wake up to live forever, but others will wake up to be ashamed and disgraced forever.
- Hosea 4:7The more priests there are, the more they sin against me. So I will turn their glory into shame.
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
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
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