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Jeremiah 23:40

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

KJV

et dabo vos in opprobrium sempiternum, et in ignominiam æternam, quæ numquam oblivione delebitur.

Vulgate

καὶ δώσω εἰς ὑμᾶς ὀνειδισμὸν αἰώνιον καὶ ἀτιμίαν αἰώνιον, ἥτις οὐκ ἐπιλησθήσεται.

LXX

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

ASV

וְ/נָתַתִּ֥י עֲלֵי/כֶ֖ם חֶרְפַּ֣ת עוֹלָ֑ם וּ/כְלִמּ֣וּת עוֹלָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר לֹ֥א תִשָּׁכֵֽחַ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
חֶרְפַּ֥ת
chrpt
noun · 70×
כְלִמּ֣וּת
klmvt
noun · 1×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עוֹלָֽם
'vlm
noun · 427×
שָׁכָֽחְתִּי
shkchty
verb · 102×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 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.
  • Jer 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 confu
  • Jer 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 confu
  • Jer 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
  • Ps 78:66 — And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.