Jeremiah 23:40

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And I have put on you reproach age-during, And shame age-during that is not forgotten!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 23:40 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 28:37You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
  2. Jeremiah 20:11But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.
  3. Jeremiah 24:9I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
  4. Jeremiah 42:18For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’
  5. Jeremiah 44:8Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.
  6. Ezekiel 5:14I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.
  7. Ezekiel 16:52So now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you, because your sins were more vile than theirs. So you too must bear your shame and disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.
  8. Daniel 9:16O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.
  9. Daniel 12:2And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
  10. Hosea 4:7The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.

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