And I will bring upon you everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.”
Parallel translations
- WEB I will bring an everlasting reproach on you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.’”
- KJV And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
- NKJV And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.’ ”
- NASB I will put an everlasting disgrace on you and an everlasting humiliation which will not be forgotten.”
- NLT And I will make you an object of ridicule, and your name will be infamous throughout the ages.’”
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Quick answer
God will bring an everlasting reproach and perpetual shame upon them that will never be forgotten. Lasting disgrace is the fitting end of their contempt for His word.
Overview
The oracle against the false prophets and the mockers closes with a sentence of enduring shame. Their dishonoring of God's word results in dishonor that history will not erase. Yet within Jeremiah's larger message, even such reproach is not God's final word for His people, for He promises ultimate restoration through the coming Branch (23:5-6).
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 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.
- Ezek 5:14–15I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.
- Jer 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.’
- Dan 12:2And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Jer 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.
- Dan 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.
- Deut 28:37You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
- Hos 4:7The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.
- Jer 44:8–12Why 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.
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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