Jeremiah 23:38

Therefore thus saith the Lord our God; Because ye have spoken this word, The burden of the Lord, and I sent to you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the Lord;

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;

In Context

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

39therefore, behold, I will seize, and dash down you and the city which I gave to you and your fathers.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 11:13And the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel were gathered to him out of all the coasts.

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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