Jeremiah 23:40

40 I will bring on you everlasting disgrace—everlasting shame that will not be forgotten.”

Jeremiah 23:40 in Other Translations

40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.

40 And I will bring upon you everlasting reproach and perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.'"

40 And I will make you an object of ridicule, and your name will be infamous throughout the ages.’”

40 You're never going to live this down. You're going down in history as a disgrace."

40 I will bring on you everlasting shame and humiliation that will never be forgotten."

Jeremiah 23:40 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 23:40

And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you
Which was a just retaliation for reproaching, vilifying, and bantering his word: they who had been honoured so much and so long as the people of God, and their city counted the glory of the earth; yet now both they and that should be the byword of the people, and had in the utmost contempt, and that for ever, or at least a long time, even for a series of ages; which has been their case ever since their destruction by the Romans, and still is; for this cannot be restrained to the short captivity of seventy years in Babylon; though this reproach began then, and they never recovered their former honour and glory; and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten;
the same thing in different words, to heighten their disgrace, and confirm the perpetuity of it.

Jeremiah 23:40 In-Context

38 Although 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.’

39 Therefore, I will surely forget you and cast you out of my presence along with the city I gave to you and your ancestors.

40 I will bring on you everlasting disgrace—everlasting shame that will not be forgotten.”

Cross References

• 1. S Jeremiah 20:11; Ezekiel 5:14-15