New International Version
Jeremiah 23:40
40I will bring on you everlasting disgrace—everlasting shame that will not 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.
- 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.’ ”
- New Living Translation (NLT)And I will make you an object of ridicule, and your name will be infamous throughout the ages.’”
Context of Jeremiah 23:40
38Although you claim, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ this is what the Lord says: You used the words, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ even though I told you that you must not claim, ‘This is a message from the Lord.’ 39Therefore, I will surely forget you and cast you out of my presence along with the city I gave to you and your ancestors. I will bring on you everlasting disgrace—everlasting shame that will not 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 with me like a mighty warrior; so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced; their dishonor will never be forgotten.
- Jeremiah 24:9I will make them abhorrent and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword, a curse and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish them.
- Jeremiah 42:18This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘As my anger and wrath have been poured out on those who lived in Jerusalem, so will my wrath be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. You will be a curse and an object of horror, a curse and an object of reproach; you will never see this place again.’
- Jeremiah 44:8Why arouse my anger with what your hands have made, burning incense to other gods in Egypt, where you have come to live? You will destroy yourselves and make yourselves a curse and an object of reproach among all the nations on earth.
- Deuteronomy 28:37You will become a thing of horror, a byword and an object of ridicule among all the peoples where the Lord will drive you.
- Ezekiel 5:14“I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.
- Daniel 9:16Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts, turn away your anger and your wrath from Jerusalem, your city, your holy hill. Our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors have made Jerusalem and your people an object of scorn to all those around us.
- Daniel 12:2Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Hosea 4:7The more priests there were, the more they sinned against me; they exchanged their glorious God for something disgraceful.
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
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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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