Jeremiah 23:38
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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;But 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,
In other translations
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;But 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,
Hebrew words
וְאִם־ve'im-and ifH518מַשָּׂאmasa'[the] burden ofH4853יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068תֹּאמֵרוּtomeruyou will sayH559לָכֵןlakhen<to> thereforeH3651כֹּהkohthusH3541אָמַר'amarhe saysH559יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068יַעַןya'anbecauseH3282אֲמָרְכֶם'amarekhemhave spoken youH559אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַדָּבָרhadavarthe wordH1697הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088מַשָּׂאmasa'[the] burden ofH4853יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וָאֶשְׁלַחva'eshlachand I sentH7971אֲלֵיכֶם'aleikhemto youH413לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559לֹאlo'notH3808תֹאמְרוּtomeruyou must sayH559מַשָּׂאmasa'[the] burden ofH4853יְהוָה׃yahwehYahwehH3068
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Related verses
- 2 Chronicles 11:13-1413 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts. 14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest’s office unto the Lord:13 Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam. 14 For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.
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