New American Standard Bible 2020
Jeremiah 23:34
34Then as for the prophet or the priest or the people who say, ‘The 1pronouncement of the Lord,’ I will bring punishment upon that person and his household.
Jeremiah 23:34 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ I will punish them and their household.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And as for the prophet, priest, or one of the people who says, 'The burden of the Lord,' I will punish that man and his household.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“And as for the prophet and the priest and the people who say, ‘The oracle of the Lord!’ I will even punish that man and his house.
Context of Jeremiah 23:34
32Behold, I am against those who have prophesied false dreams,” declares the Lord, “and reported them and led My people astray by their lies and reckless boasting; yet I did not send them nor command them, nor do they provide this people the slightest benefit,” declares the Lord. 33“Now when this people or the prophet or a priest asks you, saying, ‘What is the pronouncement of the Lord?’ then you shall say to them, ‘What pronouncement?’ The Lord declares, ‘I will abandon you.’ Then as for the prophet or the priest or the people who say, ‘The pronouncement of the Lord,’ I will bring punishment upon that person and his household. 35This is what each one of you will say to his neighbor and to his brother: ‘What has the Lord answered?’ or, ‘What has the Lord spoken?’ 36For you will no longer remember the pronouncement of the Lord, because every person’s own word will become the pronouncement, and you have perverted the words of the living God, the Lord of armies, our God.
Read all of Jeremiah 23Jeremiah 23:34 word by word
וְהַנָּבִ֤יא וְהַכֹּהֵן֙ וְהָעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֹאמַ֖ר מַשָּׂ֣א יְהוָ֑ה וּפָקַדְתִּ֛י עַל־הָאִ֥ישׁ הַה֖וּא וְעַל־בֵּיתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
- Then as for the prophetנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
- or the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
- or the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- pronouncementמַשָּׂאmaώώâ' · oracleH4853
- of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- I will bringפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
- upon that personאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
- and his householdבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
Cross-references for Jeremiah 23:34
Commentaries on Jeremiah 23:34
- 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. 34-35A person might falsely claim to have heard a prophecy from the Lord. However, that person and their entire family would face punishment (compare Numbers 16:27–32; Joshua 7:24–25).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3434. The burden--Whoever shall in mockery call the Lord's word "a burden," shall be visited (Margin) in wrath.Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
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- 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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