34 And the prophet, or the priest, or the people that shall say, The [a]burden of the Lord, I will even visit every such one, and his house.

35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What hath the Lord answered? and what hath the Lord spoken?

36 And the burden of the Lord shall ye mention no more: for every man’s [b]word shall be his burden: for ye have perverted the words of the living God, the Lord of hosts our God.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:34 Because this word was brought to contempt and derision, he will teach them another manner of speech, and will cause this word burden to cease, and teach them to ask with reverence, What saith the Lord?
  2. Jeremiah 23:36 The thing which they mock and contemn, shall come upon them.

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