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Jeremiah 23:38

American Standard Version

But if ye say, The burden of Jehovah; therefore thus saith Jehovah: Because ye say this word, The burden of Jehovah, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of Jehovah;

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Jeremiah 23:38 in other translations

Although you say, ‘The message from Yahweh;’ therefore Yahweh says: ‘Because you say this word, “The message from Yahweh,” and I have sent to you, telling you not to say, “The message from Yahweh;”

Jeremiah 23:38 · World English Bible

Jeremiah 23:38 in context

  1. 36And the burden of Jehovah shall ye mention no more: for every man’s own word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of Jehovah of hosts our God.
  2. 37Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath Jehovah answered thee? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?
  3. 38But if ye say, The burden of Jehovah; therefore thus saith Jehovah: Because ye say this word, The burden of Jehovah, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of Jehovah;
  4. 39therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave unto you and to your fathers, away from my presence:
  5. 40and I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.