Jeremiah 23:40
What does Jeremiah 23:40 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 23:40 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And I will give you a name without honour for ever, and unending shame which will never go from the memory of men.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I have put on you reproach age-during, And shame age-during that is not forgotten!
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame which shall never be forgotten.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I will bring everlasting reproach upon you, and everlasting shame, that shall not be forgotten.
Context
v.39therefore, 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:
v.40This passage
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 24:9
I will even give them up to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
- Jeremiah 44:8
in that ye provoke me unto anger with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are gone to sojourn; that ye may be cut off, and that ye may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
- Daniel 9:16
O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, let thine anger and thy wrath, I pray thee, 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 round about us.
- Ezekiel 5:14
Moreover I will make thee a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
- Jeremiah 20:11
But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one and a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.
- Hosea 4:7
As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.
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