Jeremiah 23:36
And of a burden of Jehovah shall ye speak no more; Else shall every man's word be his burden, Because ye pervert the words of the living God, Of Jehovah of hosts, our God.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
35Thus shall ye speak, one to another: “What hath Jehovah answered?” And, “What hath Jehovah spoken?”
Cross References
Psalms 64:8Thus their own tongues shall bring them down; All who see them will flee away.
Psalms 149:9To execute upon them the sentence which is written: This honor have all his godly ones. Praise ye the LORD!
Isaiah 3:8For Jerusalem tottereth, and Judah falleth, Because their tongues and their deeds are against Jehovah, To provoke his holy eyes.
Isaiah 28:22Now, therefore, be ye no longer scoffers, Lest your bands become stronger; For destruction and punishment have been revealed to me From Jehovah of hosts concerning the whole land!
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 →