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Jeremiah 23:33 Cross-References
Explore 14 cross-references for Jeremiah 23:33 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 23 verse 33 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.”
Jeremiah 23:33 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 23:33
And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? The Hebrew מַשָּׂא (massa, 'burden/oracle/pronouncement') is a wordplay—it means both 'prophetic oracle' and 'heavy burden.' False prophets trivialized this term, using it casually. God responds: What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD (מַה־מַשָּׂא וְנָטַשְׁתִּי אֶתְכֶם נְאֻם־יְהוָה, mah-massa v'natashti etkhem ne'um-YHWH). The pun suggests: 'You want a burden? The burden is that I will abandon you!'The verb נָטַשׁ (natash, 'forsake/abandon/cast off') represents covenant divo...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 23:33
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“The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.”
“The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.”
“yet I will bereave them”
“The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.”
“I have cast off my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.”
“which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw:”
“and abhorred [them]”
“and I will forsake them”
“In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.”
“you have persuaded me”