Jeremiah 23:39

³⁷ Thus you are to say to the prophet: ‘What has the LORD answered you?’ and ‘What has the LORD spoken?’

³⁸ But 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,

therefore 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.

⁴⁰ And I will bring upon you everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.”

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: therefore 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.
KJV: Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:
WEB: therefore behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off with the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, away from my presence.
ASV: therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave unto you and to your fathers, away from my presence:
DARBY: therefore behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, far from my face, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers.
BLB: therefore, behold, I will also utterly forget you⁺, and I will cast away you⁺ and the city that I gave to you⁺ and to your⁺ fathers—from before My face,

ÅB: se, derfor vil jeg aldeles glemme dere og kaste dere og den by jeg gav dere og deres fedre, bort fra mitt åsyn,
OTB: Derfor, se, jeg vil sikkert glemme dere og kaste dere ut av min nærhet, sammen med byen jeg ga til dere og deres forfedre.
B1930: se, derfor vil jeg aldeles glemme eder og kaste eder og den by jeg gav eder og eders fedre, bort fra mitt åsyn,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 23:33
“Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’
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Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”
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Ezekiel 34:20
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
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Isaiah 51:12
“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
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2 Thessalonians 1:9
They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
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Matthew 25:41
Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
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Ezekiel 5:8
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.
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Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it.
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