And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
Jeremiah 23:40 belongs to the warnings to the Jews found in Jeremiah 12 to 24. It stands in the larger section of Jeremiah 22 through 39, with Jeremiah 23 joined to Jeremiah 22 for October 31. The prophecies after chapter 20 are not placed in chronological order because of displacement when the manuscript rolls were gathered together into one book, which makes no change in the teaching, and each chapter nearly always clearly indicates its own chronology. In chronological order chapter 23 follows chapters 20 and 22 and precedes chapter 25. The chapters around it contain Messianic prophecies that reach forward through the restoration from Babylon to the more glorious restoration under Christ Jesus our Lord.
The verse warns false prophets who claimed to speak for God and falsely promised peace and assurance when danger was real. Those prophets are treacherous, profane the sanctuary, violate God's law, lead His people astray, and strengthen the wicked. God's judgment on them is to drive them from His presence and bring upon them an everlasting reproach and perpetual shame that will not be forgotten.
The chapter's account of false prophets and rejection of God's law shows the enormity of sin and its sure consequences. Its warning and appeal shows the heavenly Father's kindness and everlasting love and is peculiarly applicable to the present day.
Jeremiah 23:40 belongs to the warnings to the Jews found in Jeremiah 12 to 24. It stands in the larger section of Jeremiah 22 through 39, with Jeremiah 23 joined to Jeremiah 22 for October 31. The prophecies after chapter 20 are not placed in chronological order because of displacement when the manuscript rolls were gathered together into one book, which makes no change in the teaching, and each chapter nearly always clearly indicates its own chronology. In chronological order chapter 23 follows chapters 20 and 22 and precedes chapter 25. The chapters around it contain Messianic prophecies that reach forward through the restoration from Babylon to the more glorious restoration under Christ Jesus our Lord.
The verse warns false prophets who claimed to speak for God and falsely promised peace and assurance when danger was real. Those prophets are treacherous, profane the sanctuary, violate God's law, lead His people astray, and strengthen the wicked. God's judgment on them is to drive them from His presence and bring upon them an everlasting reproach and perpetual shame that will not be forgotten.
The chapter's account of false prophets and rejection of God's law shows the enormity of sin and its sure consequences. Its warning and appeal shows the heavenly Father's kindness and everlasting love and is peculiarly applicable to the present day.