therefore 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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Jeremiah 23:39 in context
Jeremiah 23:36–40
36
You will mention the message from the LORD no more, for every man’s own word has become his message; for you have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of Armies, our God.
37
You will say to the prophet, ‘What has the LORD answered you?’ and, ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
38
Although you say, ‘The message from the LORD,’ therefore the LORD says: ‘Because you say this word, “The message from the LORD,” and I have sent to you, telling you not to say, “The message from the LORD,”
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therefore 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.
40
I will bring an everlasting reproach on you, and a perpetual shame, which will not be forgotten.’”
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