40 And I will bring everlasting reproach upon you, and everlasting shame, that shall not be forgotten.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 23:40

Commentary on Jeremiah 23:33-40

(Read 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 his portion.