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38-39 But if you ask him about “today’s sad news from God,” when I have warned you not to mock like that, then I, the Lord God, will unburden myself of the burden[a] you are to me. I will cast you out of my presence, you and this city I gave to you and your fathers. 40 And I will bring reproach upon you and your name shall be infamous through the ages.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:38 will unburden myself of the burden, literally, “the burden of the Lord,” or “the message of the Lord.” This is a Hebrew pun.

39 Therefore, I will surely forget you and cast(A) you out of my presence along with the city I gave to you and your ancestors. 40 I will bring on you everlasting disgrace(B)—everlasting shame that will not be forgotten.”

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