Jeremiah 23:40

God's word

³⁸ But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;

³⁹ 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:

And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not 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: And I will bring upon you everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.”
KJV: And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
WEB: I will bring an everlasting reproach on you, and a perpetual shame, which will not be forgotten.’”
ASV: and I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
DARBY: And I will bring everlasting reproach upon you, and everlasting shame, that shall not be forgotten.
BLB: and I will bring upon you⁺ reproach forever and shame forever that will never be forgotten.

ÅB: og jeg vil legge på dere en evig skam og en evig vanære, som aldri skal glemmes.
[^1]: d.e. den ved hvem Herren skaffer oss rettferdighet. JES 45, 17. 25. SKR 14, 11.
[^2]: de ugudeliges.
[^3]: Det hebraiske ord "massa" betyr både en byrde og et utsagn. De spørrende kaller Herrens utsagn ved Jeremias en byrde. Profeten skal da svare dem at de selv er Herren en byrde som han vil kaste fra seg.
OTB: Jeg vil bringe over dere en evig vanære—en evig skam som ikke vil bli glemt."
B1930: og jeg vil legge på eder en evig skam og en evig vanære, som aldri skal glemmes.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 20:11
But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
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Ezekiel 5:14–15
Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
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Jeremiah 42:18
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.
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Deuteronomy 28:37
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
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Jeremiah 24:9
And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
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Jeremiah 44:8–12
In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
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Daniel 12:2
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
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Daniel 9:16
O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
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