New Living Translation
Jeremiah 23:40
40And I will make you an object of ridicule, and your name will be infamous throughout the ages.’”
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 suppose they respond, ‘This is a prophecy from the Lord!’ Then you should say, ‘This is what the Lord says: Because you have used this phrase, “prophecy from the Lord,” even though I warned you not to use it, 39I will forget you completely. I will expel you from my presence, along with this city that I gave to you and your ancestors. And I will make you an object of ridicule, and your name will be infamous throughout the ages.’”
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 stands beside me like a great warrior. Before him my persecutors will stumble. They cannot defeat me. They will fail and be thoroughly humiliated. Their dishonor will never be forgotten.
- Jeremiah 24:9I will make them an object of horror and a symbol of evil to every nation on earth. They will be disgraced and mocked, taunted and cursed, wherever I scatter them.
- Jeremiah 42:18“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as my anger and fury have been poured out on the people of Jerusalem, so they will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. You will be an object of damnation, horror, cursing, and mockery. And you will never see your homeland again.’
- Jeremiah 44:8Why provoke my anger by burning incense to the idols you have made here in Egypt? You will only destroy yourselves and make yourselves an object of cursing and mockery for all the nations of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 28:37You will become an object of horror, ridicule, and mockery among all the nations to which the Lord sends you.
- Ezekiel 5:14“So I will turn you into a ruin, a mockery in the eyes of the surrounding nations and to all who pass by.
- Daniel 9:16In view of all your faithful mercies, Lord, please turn your furious anger away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. All the neighboring nations mock Jerusalem and your people because of our sins and the sins of our ancestors.
- Daniel 12:2Many of those whose bodies lie dead and buried will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting disgrace.
- Hosea 4:7The more priests there are, the more they sin against me. They have exchanged the glory of God for the shame of idols.
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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