Jeremiah 23:35

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?’

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken?

In Context

34As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household.

36But 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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Cross References

Psalms 85:9Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.

Jeremiah 33:3Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

Hebrews 8:11No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.

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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