Jeremiah 23:33

And when this people, or a prophet, or a priest Shall ask thee, saying, “What is the burden from Jehovah?” Then say thou to them, “What is the burden?” That I will cast you away, saith Jehovah.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

32Behold, I am against the prophets of false dreams, saith Jehovah, Who tell them, and cause my people to err By their lies and their arrogance. I have not sent them, nor commanded them, And they shall not profit this people at all, saith Jehovah.

34And the prophet, the priest, and the people, Who shall say, “The burden of Jehovah,” I will punish that man and his house.

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Cross References

Psalms 78:59God saw this, and was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;

Isaiah 14:28In the year in which Ahaz the king died came this prophecy.

Jeremiah 7:15I will cast you out from my presence, As I have cast out all your brethren, The whole race of Ephraim.

Jeremiah 17:15Behold, they say to me, “Where is the word of Jehovah? Let it come to pass!”

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 23:10-33

Guilt of False Prophets. ( b. c. 600.) 9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord , and because of the words of his holiness. 10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. 11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their… Read the whole commentary →

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