Jeremiah 23:39

therefore, 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:

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:

In Context

38But if ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD: Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;

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

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:28then I will walk contrary unto you in fury; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.

2 Kings 23:27And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.

Proverbs 13:13Whoso despiseth the word bringeth destruction on himself: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

Isaiah 51:12I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou art afraid of man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

Jeremiah 23:33And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? then shalt thou say unto them, What burden! I will cast you off, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 32:31For this city hath been to me a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should 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 →

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