Jeremiah 23:34
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.
Jeremiah 23:34 in other translations
| BSB | As 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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| WEB | 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. |
| ASV | And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house. |
| YLT | And the prophet, and the priest, and the people, That saith, The burden of Jehovah, I have seen after that man, and after his house. |
| DARBY | And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house. |
| BBE | And as for the prophet and the priest and the people who say, A word of weight from the Lord! I will send punishment on that man and on his house. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Jeremiah 23:34 mean?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 23:33-40
Those are miserable indeed who are forsaken and forgotten of God; and men's jesting at God's judgments will not baffle them. God had taken Israel to be a people near to him, but they shall now be cast out of his presence. It is a mark of great and daring impiety for men to jest with the words of God. Every idle and profane word will add to the sinner's burden in the day of judgment, when everlasting shame will be…
Jeremiah 23:34 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 23:34
- Zechariah 13:3
And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
- Lamentations 2:14
Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
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Context
- Jeremiah 23:33
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.
- Jeremiah 23:34
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.
- Jeremiah 23:35
Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the Lord answered? and, What hath the Lord spoken?
Jeremiah 23:34 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el profeta, y el sacerdote, ó el pueblo, que dijere: Carga de Jehová; yo enviaré castigo sobre tal hombre y sobre su casa. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et quant au prophète, et au sacrificateur, et au peuple qui dit: Oracle de l’ Éternel, – je punirai cet homme-là et sa maison. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der Prophet und der Priester und das Volk, welche sagen werden: "Last Jehovas", diesen Mann und sein Haus werde ich heimsuchen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et propheta, et sacerdos, et populus qui dicit: Onus Domini: visitabo super virum illum et super domum ejus. |