Jeremiah 23:40

Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 23

“And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.”Jeremiah 23:40

What Does Jeremiah 23:40 Mean?

Jeremiah 23:40 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 23, verse 40 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 11 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (11)

These passages are connected to Jeremiah 23:40 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Jeremiah 20:11“But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.”Psalms 78:66“And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.”Ezekiel 5:14“Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.”Jeremiah 42:18“For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.”Deuteronomy 28:37“And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.”Jeremiah 24:9“And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, 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 wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?”Ezekiel 16:52“Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.”Daniel 9:16“O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury 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 about us.”Daniel 12:2“And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.”Hosea 4:7“As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.”

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