Jeremiah 23:39
in Jeremiah 23therefore 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.
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ASV
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:
KJV
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:
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This verse in Jeremiah 23
Commentary
7 notes on this verseTherefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you,.... That is, so behave towards them, as though they were entirely out of his sight and mind; show no affection to them; take no care of them; bestow no favours upon them; and no more have them under his protection.
This site's exposition
Now when this people or a
on Jeremiah 23:33-40
The Hebrew massa means both a burden carried and an oracle spoken, and the people ask, “What is the burden of the LORD?” as a taunt. The LORD answers, “I will forsake you,” then punishes prophet, priest and people, since “you pervert the words of the living God.”
This site's exposition
I will surely forget you
Barnes reads the Hebrew as a play on burden, the LORD lifting the people like a load and throwing it away. Gill explains forgetting as removing His care and protection. The city given to their fathers goes with them.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verses 37 onwards) And you pervert the words of the living God: the Lord of hosts, our God. This is what you say to the Prophet: What did the Lord respond to you, and what did the Lord say? But if you say the burden of the Lord.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
5 Behold, the days come, saith the L ORD , that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE L ORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Translate, “Therefore, behold, I will even take you up (or will burden you), and I will cast you, and the city which I gave you and your fathers, out of my presence.”
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.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵ֣ן | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| הִנְנִ֔י | hini | here [am] I | H2005 → | 316 times |
| וְנָשִׁ֥יתִי | venashiti | and I will surely <forget> | H5382 → | |
| אֶתְכֶ֖ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נָשֹׁ֑א | nasho' | lift up | H5375 → | 656 times |
| וְנָטַשְׁתִּ֣י | venatashti | and I will abandon | H5203 → | 40 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֗ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָעִיר֙ | hair | the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נָתַ֧תִּי | natati | I gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָכֶ֛ם | lakhem | to you | ||
| וְלַאֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם | velaavoteikhem | and to ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| מֵעַ֥ל | meal | from on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פָּנָֽי׃ | panai | face my | H6440 → | 2123 times |
לָכֵ֣ן<to> therefore
lakhenH3651 →771 times
הִנְנִ֔יhere [am] I
hiniH2005 →316 times
וְנָשִׁ֥יתִיand I will surely <forget>
venashitiH5382 →
אֶתְכֶ֖ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
נָשֹׁ֑אlift up
nasho'H5375 →656 times
וְנָטַשְׁתִּ֣יand I will abandon
venatashtiH5203 →40 times
אֶתְכֶ֗ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הָעִיר֙the city
hairH5892 →1090 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נָתַ֧תִּיI gave
natatiH5414 →2011 times
לָכֶ֛םto you
lakhem
וְלַאֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֖םand to ancestors your
velaavoteikhemH1 →1212 times
מֵעַ֥לfrom on
mealH5921 →5755 times
פָּנָֽי׃face my
panaiH6440 →2123 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hosea 5:14For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them…
it leads to
- Psalms 7:2
or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
- Micah 5:8
Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which…
- Psalms 50:22
Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
- Hosea 13:7–8
So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
- Psalms 7:2
Through
Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”
it leads to
- Micah 3:4
Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.
- Jeremiah 11:11
Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.
- Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
- Micah 3:4
Through
Jeremiah 23:33“Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’
it leads to
- Malachi 1:1
This is the burden of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi:
- Malachi 1:1
Where this verse is studied
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.