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Jeremiah 23:34
34If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ I will punish them and their 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“If any prophet, priest, or anyone else says, ‘I have a prophecy from the Lord,’ I will punish that person along with his entire family.
Context of Jeremiah 23:34
32Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” declares the Lord. “They tell them and lead my people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send or appoint them. They do not benefit these people in the least,” declares the Lord. 33“When these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, ‘What is the message from the Lord?’ say to them, ‘What message? I will forsake you, declares the Lord.’ If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ I will punish them and their household. 35This is what each of you keeps saying to your friends and other Israelites: ‘What is the Lord’s answer?’ or ‘What has the Lord spoken?’ 36But 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.
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
Words taken from the KJV.
- the prophetנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
- and the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
- and the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- that shall sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- The burdenמַשָּׂאmaώώâ' · oracleH4853
- of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- I will even punishפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: punishH6485
- that manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
- and his houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · 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
- 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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