Jeremiah 23:33 ““Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the bu…”

Jeremiah 23:33

“Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

“When this people, or the prophet, or a priest, asks you, saying, ‘What is the message from the LORD?’ Then you shall tell them, ‘“What message? I will cast you off,” says the LORD.’

American Standard Version

And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? then shalt thou say unto them, What burden! I will cast you off, saith Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

And when this people, or the prophet, or a Priest shall aske thee, saying, What is the burden of the Lord? thou shalt then say vnto them, What burden? I will euen forsake you, saith the Lord.

Darby Translation

And when this people, or a prophet, or a priest, ask thee, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even cast you off, saith Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

And when this people, or the prophet, Or a priest, doth ask thee, saying, What [is] the burden of Jehovah? Then thou hast said unto them: Ye [are] the burden, and I have left you, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

And if this people, or the prophet, or a priest, questioning you, says, What word of weight is there from the Lord? then you are to say to them, You are the word, for I will not be troubled with you any more, says the Lord.

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Cross references

“What”

Malachi 1:1 Isaiah 13:1 Nahum 1:1 Habakkuk 1:1 Jeremiah 17:15 Isaiah 14:28

Malachi 1:1 · BSB

This is the burden of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi:

Isaiah 13:1 · BSB

This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:

Nahum 1:1 · BSB

This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:

Habakkuk 1:1 · BSB

This is the burden that Habakkuk the prophet received in a vision:

Jeremiah 17:15 · BSB

Behold, they keep saying to me, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now!”

Isaiah 14:28 · BSB

In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received:

“I”

Jeremiah 12:7 Hosea 9:12 2 Chronicles 15:2 Jeremiah 23:39 Jeremiah 23:40 Deuteronomy 31:17

Jeremiah 12:7 · BSB

I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies.

Hosea 9:12 · BSB

Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!

2 Chronicles 15:2 · BSB

So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you…

Jeremiah 23:39 · BSB

therefore I will surely forget you and will cast you out of My presence, both you and the city that I gave to you and your fathers.

Jeremiah 23:40 · BSB

And I will bring upon you everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.”

Deuteronomy 31:17 · BSB

On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not the…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

32“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.

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.

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