Jeremiah 23 · Verse 35

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 23:35, King James Version

Jeremiah 23:35 in other translations

BSBThis is what each man is to say to his friend and to his brother: ‘What has the LORD answered?’ or ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
WEBYou will say everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to his brother, ‘What has the LORD answered?’ and, ‘What has the LORD said?’
ASVThus shall ye say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What hath Jehovah answered? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?
YLTThus do ye say each unto his neighbour, And each unto his brother: What hath Jehovah answered? And what hath Jehovah spoken?
DARBYThus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother: What hath Jehovah answered? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?
BBEBut this is what you are to say, every man to his neighbour and every man to his brother, What answer has the Lord given? and, What has the Lord said?
WebsterThus 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?

What does Jeremiah 23:35 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
35. The result of My judgments shall be, ye shall address the prophet more reverentially hereafter, no longer calling his message a burden, but a divine response or word. "What hath the Lord answered?"

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…

Read the full comment on Jeremiah 23:33-40 →

Jeremiah 23:35 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כֹּ֥הkohthusH3541
תֹאמְר֛וּto.me.Ruyou will sayH559
אִ֥ישׁ'isheachH376
עַל\־'al-toH5921
רֵעֵ֖הוּre.'E.huneighbor hisH7453
וְאִ֣ישׁve.'Ishand eachH376
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אָחִ֑יו'a.Chivbrother hisH251
מֶה\־meh-what?H4100
עָנָ֣ה'a.Nahdid he answerH6030
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וּמַה\־u.mah-and what?H4100
דִּבֶּ֖רdi.Berdid he sayH1696
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 23:35

  • Jeremiah 31:34

    And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

  • Jeremiah 33:3

    Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

  • Jeremiah 42:4

    Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the Lord your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the Lord shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.

  • Hebrews 8:11

    And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
31:34; Heb 8:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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 23:36

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

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Jeremiah 23:35 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Así diréis cada cual á su compañero, y cada cual á su hermano: ¿Qué ha respondido Jehová, y qué habló Jehová?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ainsi vous direz, chacun à son compagnon et chacun à son frère: Qu’a répondu l’ Éternel, et qu’a dit l’ Éternel?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Also sollt ihr sprechen, ein jeder zu seinem Nächsten und ein jeder zu seinem Bruder: Was hat Jehova geantwortet und was hat Jehova geredet?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Hæc dicetis unusquisque ad proximum, et ad fratrem suum: Quid respondit Dominus? et quid locutus est Dominus?