Jeremiah 23:39
therefore, behold, I am about to pick you up and throw you away from me, along with the city that I gave you and your ancestors. 1
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40Then I will put everlasting shame and insult on you that will not be forgotten.'”
Cross References
Leviticus 26:28then I will walk against you in anger, and I will punish you even seven more times as much for your sins.
2 Kings 23:27So Yahweh said, “I will also remove Judah out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will throw away this city that I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, 'My name will be there.'”
Proverbs 13:13Whoever despises instruction brings destruction on himself, 1 but he who respects the commandment will be rewarded. 1
Isaiah 51:12“I, I, am he who comforts you. 1 Why are you afraid of men, who will die, the sons of mankind, who are made like grass? 1
Jeremiah 23:33When these people, or a prophet, or a priest asks you, 'What is the burden of Yahweh?' you will say to them, 'You are the burden, and I will cast you off'—this is Yahweh's declaration.
Jeremiah 32:31Yahweh declares that this city has been a provocation of my wrath and fury since the day that they built it. It has been that right up to this present day. So I will remove it from before my face
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 23:34-40
Profaneness of the People; Reproofs and Threatenings. ( b. c. 600.) 33 And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the Lord ? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the Lord . 34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the Lord , I will even punish that man and his house. 35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the Lord answered?… Read the whole commentary →