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36 But you are to no longer mention[a] the oracle of the Lord, because the oracle is only for the person to whom the Lord gives his message,[b] and you have overturned the words of the living God, the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, our God. 37 This is what you should say to the prophet, ‘What has the Lord answered?’ or ‘What has the Lord said?’ 38 Since you’re saying, ‘We have an oracle of the Lord,’[c] therefore this is what the Lord says: He will answer your message with this message, ‘Burden[d] of the Lord,’ and I’ll send you away with these words: ‘Don’t say, “Oracle of the Lord.”’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:36 Or remember
  2. Jeremiah 23:36 Lit. for the person of his word
  3. Jeremiah 23:38 The Heb. lacks of the Lord
  4. Jeremiah 23:38 Or Oracle