New King James Version
Jeremiah 23:40
40And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall 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.
- 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 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
38But since you say, ‘The oracle of the Lord!’ therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Because you say this word, “The oracle of the Lord!” and I have sent to you, saying, “Do not say, ‘The oracle of the Lord!’ ” 39therefore behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you and forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and will cast you out of My presence. And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall 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 as a mighty, awesome One. Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and will not prevail. They will be greatly ashamed, for they will not prosper. Their everlasting confusion will never be forgotten.
- Jeremiah 24:9I will deliver them to trouble into all the kingdoms of the earth, for their harm, to be a reproach and a byword, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.
- Jeremiah 42:18“For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘As My anger and My fury have been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so will My fury be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. And you shall be an oath, an astonishment, a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more.’
- Jeremiah 44:8in that you provoke Me to wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have gone to dwell, that you may cut yourselves off and be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
- Deuteronomy 28:37And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all nations where the Lord will drive you.
- Ezekiel 5:14Moreover I will make you a waste and a reproach among the nations that are all around you, in the sight of all who pass by.
- Daniel 9:16“O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all those around us.
- Daniel 12:2And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Hosea 4:7“The more they increased, The more they sinned against Me; I will change 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
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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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