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Jeremiah 23:34

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32 “Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.

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.’

As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household.

35 This is what each man is to say to his friend and to his brother: ‘What has the LORD answered?’ or ‘What has the LORD spoken?’

36 But refer no more to the burden of the LORD, for each man’s word becomes the burden, so that you pervert the words of the living God, the LORD of Hosts, our God.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household.
KJV
And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.
WEB
As for the prophet, the priest, and the people, who say, ‘The message from the LORD,’ I will even punish that man and his household.
ASV
And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house.
DARBY
And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house.
BLB
And [as for] the prophet, and the priest, and the people, who say, ‘The oracle of YHWH,’ even I will visit punishment upon that man and upon his house.
ÅB
Og den profet og den prest og den av folket som sier: Herrens byrde, den mann og hans hus vil jeg hjemsøke.
OTB
Hvis en profet eller en prest eller noen annen hevder: 'Dette er et budskap fra Herren,' vil jeg straffe den personen og deres husstand.
B1930
Og den profet og den prest og den av folket som sier: Herrens byrde, den mann og hans hus vil jeg hjemsøke.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Zechariah 13:3

    And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.

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  • Lamentations 2:14

    The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.

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