Jeremiah 23 · Verse 39

Jeremiah 23:39

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:
Jeremiah 23:39, King James Version

Jeremiah 23:39 in other translations

BSBtherefore I will surely forget you and will cast you out of My presence, both you and the city that I gave to you and your fathers.
WEBtherefore behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off with the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, away from my presence.
ASVtherefore, 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:
YLTTherefore, lo, I--I have taken you utterly away, And I have sent you out, And the city that I gave to you, And to your fathers, from before My face,
DARBYtherefore behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, far from my face, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers.
BBEFor this reason, truly, I will put you completely out of my memory, and I will put you, and the town which I gave to you and to your fathers, away from before my face:
WebsterTherefore behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave to you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:

What does Jeremiah 23:39 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
39. I will ... forget you--just retribution for their forgetting Him (Ho 4:6). But God cannot possibly forget His children (Is 49:15). Rather for "forget" translate, "I will altogether lift you up (like a 'burden,' alluding to their mocking term for God's messages) and cast you off." God makes their wicked language fall on their own head [Calvin]. Compare Jr 23:36: "every man's word shall be his burden."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 39 I will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you and the city - Dr. Blayney translates: - I will both take you up altogether, and will cast you off together with the city. Ye are a burden to me: but I will take you up, and then cast you off. I will do with you as a man weary with his burden will do; cast it off his shoulders, and bear it no more.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 23:33-40

Those are miserable indeed who are forsaken and forgotten of God; and men's jesting at God's judgments will not baffle them. God had taken Israel to be a people near to him, but they shall now be cast out of his presence. It is a mark of great and daring impiety for men to jest with the words of God. Every idle and profane word will add to the sinner's burden in the day of judgment, when everlasting shame will be…

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Jeremiah 23:39 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לָכֵ֣ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
הִנְנִ֔יhi.Nihere [am] IH2005
וְנָשִׁ֥יתִיve.na.Shi.tiand I will surely <forget>H5382
אֶתְכֶ֖ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
נָשֹׁ֑אna.Sho'lift upH5375
וְנָטַשְׁתִּ֣יve.na.tash.Tiand I will abandonH5203
אֶתְכֶ֗ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הָעִיר֙ha.'Irthe cityH5892
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834
נָתַ֧תִּיna.Ta.tiI gaveH5414
לָכֶ֛םla.Khemto you
וְלַאֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֖םve.la.'a.vo.tei.Khemand to ancestors yourH1
מֵעַ֥לme.'Alfrom onH5921
פָּנָֽי\׃pa.Naiface myH6440

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Cross references for Jeremiah 23:39

  • Jeremiah 23:33

    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.

  • Ezekiel 8:18

    Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

  • Ezekiel 34:20

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.

  • Isaiah 51:12

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

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:9

    Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

  • Matthew 25:41

    Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

  • Ezekiel 5:8

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.

  • Jeremiah 32:28-35

    Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger. For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the Lord. For this city hath been to me as 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, …

  • Lamentations 5:20

    Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

  • Genesis 6:17

    And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

  • Ezekiel 34:11

    For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.

  • Isaiah 48:15

    I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I, even I.
Ge 6:17; Le 26:28; De 32:39; Isa 48:15; 51:12; Eze 5:8; 6:3
Eze 34:11,20; Pr 13:13; Ho 4:6; 5:14
and I.
33; 32:28-35; 35:17; 36:31; La 5:20; Eze 8:18; 9:6; Ho 9:12-17
cast.
52:3; Ps 51:11; Mt 25:41; 2Th 1:9

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Context

  • Jeremiah 23:38

    But since 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;

  • Jeremiah 23:39

    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:

  • Jeremiah 23:40

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

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Jeremiah 23:39 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por tanto, he aquí que yo os echaré en olvido, y os arrancaré de mi presencia, y á la ciudad que os dí á vosotros y á vuestros padres;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
– à cause de cela, voici, je vous oublierai entièrement, et je vous rejetterai loin de ma face, vous et la ville que j’ai donnée à vous et à vos pères;
German
Elberfelder 1871
darum, siehe, werde ich euch ganz vergessen, und euch und die Stadt, die ich euch und euren Vätern gegeben habe, von meinem Angesicht verstoßen;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
propterea ecce ego tollam vos portans, et derelinquam vos, et civitatem quam dedi vobis et patribus vestris, a facie mea: