OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 23:34

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34

As for the prophet, the priest, and the people, who say, ‘The message from the LORD,’ I will even punish that man and his household.

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Verse 34. Burden of the Lord. This expression is here rejected and disallowed, at least for those times: because it was then used in mockery and contempt by the false prophets, and unbelieving people, who ridiculed the repeated threats of Jeremias under the name of his burdens. Challoner.

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