Berean Standard Bible
Jeremiah 23:36
36But refer no more to the burden of the LORD, for each man’s word becomes the burden, so that you pervert the words of the living God, the LORD of Hosts, our God.
Jeremiah 23:36 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)But you must not mention ‘a message from the Lord’ again, because each one’s word becomes their own message. So you distort the words of the living God, the Lord Almighty, our God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But 'the burden of the Lord' you shall mention no more, for the burden is every man's own word, and you pervert the words of the living God, the Lord of hosts, our God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the oracle of the Lord you shall mention no more. For every man’s word will be his oracle, for you have perverted the words of the living God, the Lord of hosts, our God.
Context of Jeremiah 23:36
34As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household. 35This 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?’ But refer no more to the burden of the LORD, for each man’s word becomes the burden, so that you pervert the words of the living God, the LORD of Hosts, our God. 37Thus you are to say to the prophet: ‘What has the LORD answered you?’ and ‘What has the LORD spoken?’ 38But if you claim, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ then this is what the LORD says: Because you have said, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ and I specifically told you not to make this claim,
Read all of Jeremiah 23Jeremiah 23:36 word by word
וּמַשָּׂ֥א יְהוָ֖ה לֹ֣א תִזְכְּרוּ־ע֑וֹד כִּ֣י הַמַּשָּׂ֗א יִֽהְיֶה֙ לְאִ֣ישׁ דְּבָר֔וֹ וַהֲפַכְתֶּ֗ם אֶת־דִּבְרֵי֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים חַיִּ֔ים יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
- But referזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
- noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- moreעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
- to the burdenמַשָּׂאmaώώâ' · oracleH4853
- of the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- forכִּיkîy · forH3588
- eachאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
- man’s wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
- becomesהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
- so that you pervertהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
- ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
- of the livingחַיchay · aliveH2416
- Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- of Hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
Cross-references for Jeremiah 23:36
- Psalms 12:3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
- Psalms 64:8They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
- Psalms 120:3What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
- Psalms 149:9to execute the judgment written against them. This honor is for all His saints. Hallelujah!
- Proverbs 17:20The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
- Isaiah 3:8For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they spoke and acted against the LORD, defying His glorious presence.
- Matthew 12:36But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
- Luke 19:22His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
- 2 Peter 2:17These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
- Isaiah 28:13Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.
- Galatians 1:7which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.
- Galatians 6:5For each one should carry his own load.
- 2 Peter 3:16He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.
- Jeremiah 10:10But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
- Deuteronomy 5:26For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?
- 1 Samuel 17:26David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
Commentaries on Jeremiah 23:36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36Every man's word shall be his burden - Ye say that all God's messages are burdens, and to you they shall be such: whereas, had you used them as you ought, they would have been blessings to you. For ye have perverted the words of the living God - And thus have sinned against your own souls.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 36Every man‘s word - Rather, every man‘s burden shall be his word; i. e., his mocking use of the word “burden” shall weigh him down and crush him. Perverted - i. e., put into a ridiculous light.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 33-40Verses 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 his portion.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36The Lord warned that no one should claim to have a prophecy from Him to control others. This would go against God's words and misuse His name (Exodus 20:7; see also Matthew 20:25–28).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3636. every man's word ... his burden--As they mockingly call all prophecies burdens, as if calamities were the sole subject of prophecy, so it shall prove to them. God will take them at their own word. living God--not lifeless as their dumb idols, ever living so as to be able to punish.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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