Jeremiah 23:37
Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the Lord answered thee? and, What hath the Lord spoken?
Jeremiah 23:37 in other translations
| BSB | Thus you are to say to the prophet: ‘What has the LORD answered you?’ and ‘What has the LORD spoken?’ |
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| WEB | You will say to the prophet, ‘What has the LORD answered you?’ and, ‘What has the LORD spoken?’ |
| ASV | Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath Jehovah answered thee? and, What hath Jehovah spoken? |
| YLT | Thus dost thou say unto the prophet What hath Jehovah answered thee? And what hath Jehovah spoken? |
| DARBY | Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: What hath Jehovah answered thee? and, What hath Jehovah spoken? |
| BBE | This is what you are to say to the prophet, What answer has the Lord given to you? and, What has the Lord said? |
| Webster | Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken? |
What does Jeremiah 23:37 mean?
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 23:37 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 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.
- Jeremiah 23:37
Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the Lord answered thee? and, What hath the Lord spoken?
- Jeremiah 23:38
But since ye say, The burden of the Lord; therefore thus saith the Lord; Because ye say this word, The burden of the Lord, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the Lord;
Jeremiah 23:37 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Así dirás al profeta: ¿Qué te respondió Jehová, y qué habló Jehová? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ainsi tu diras au prophète: Que t’a répondu l’ Éternel, et qu’a dit l’ Éternel? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Also sollst du zu dem Propheten sagen: Was hat Jehova dir geantwortet und was hat Jehova geredet? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Hæc dices ad prophetam: Quid respondit tibi Dominus? et quid locutus est Dominus? |