Jeremiah 23:36

And do ye name no more the burden of the Lord; for his own word shall be a man’s burden.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man’s word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.

In Context

35Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What has the Lord answered? and, what has the Lord said?

37But wherefore, say ye, has the Lord our God spoken?

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Cross References

2 Kings 19:4Peradventure the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God and to revile him with the words which the Lord thy God has heard: and thou shalt offer thy prayer for the remnant that is found.

Psalms 64:8Who troublest the depth of the sea, 1 The sounds of its waves. 1

Psalms 149:9To execute on them the judgment written: 1 This honor have all his saints.

Isaiah 3:8For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judea has fallen, and their tongues have spoken with iniquity, disobedient as they are toward the Lord.

Isaiah 28:22Therefore do not ye rejoice, neither let your bands be made strong; for I have heard of works finished and cut short by the Lord of hosts, which he will execute upon all the earth.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 23:34-40

Profaneness of the People; Reproofs and Threatenings. ( b. c. 600.) 33 And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the Lord ? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the Lord . 34 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. 35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the Lord answered?… Read the whole commentary →

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