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Jeremiah 23:36

And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.

Every man's word shall be his burden - as they mockingly call all prophecies burdens, as if calamities were the sole subject of prophecy, so it shall prove to them. God will take them at their own word, He will send burdensome calamities on them.

Ye have perverted the words of the living God - not lifeless, as their dumb idols-ever living, so as to be able to punish.

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See also Jeremiah 23:36 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 23:36. _EVERY MAN'S WORD SHALL BE HIS BURDEN_] Ye say that all God's messages are _burdens_, and to _you_ they shall be such: whereas, had you used them as you ought, they would have be...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    EVERY MAN’S WORD ... - Rather, every man’s burden shall be his word; i. e., his mocking use of the word “burden” shall weigh him down and crush him. PERVERTED - i. e., put into a ridiculous light....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 23:9-40 Condemnation of the False Prophets _ 1. Jeremiah's lament on account of the false prophets (Jeremiah 23:9) _ 2. The condemnation of these prophets (Jeremiah 23:15) 3. Forgotten and...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PROPHETS. Jeremiah is overcome by the stern message given him to deliver. The evil of the land is encouraged by prophet and priest (Jeremiah 6:13), even the Temple being dishonoured (2 Kings 21:5)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    PERVERTED. See note on Jeremiah 6:10. THE LIVING GOD. Both words are plural....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _every man's own word shall be his burden_ mg. _is his burden, and ye pervert, etc_. Either (_a_) he who has jokingly enquired after the "burden of the Lord" shall find that those lightly spoken words...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    See introd. summary to section. The original word means either a burden or a prophetic utterance. It would appear that those hostile to Jeremiah had taken to apply the word derisively to the prophet's...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Jeremiah 23:9-40. Condemnation of the prophets Following on the prophecies relating to successive kings of Judah, we have a section dealing with the iniquities of a class who also grievously misled t...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    EVERY MAN'S WORD SHALL BE HIS BURDEN— "Every one of you shall feel the weight of my vengeance, for the insolent discourse which you have pronounced. Your discourse shall be your burden, and the cause...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    4. _The mockery of the false prophets_ (Jeremiah 23:33-40) TRANSLATION (33) And when this people or the prophet or the priest shall ask you, What is the burden of the LORD? Then you shall say unto th...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-4. A remnant shall return....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Every man's burden shall be his use of the word. For he who has jokingly enquired after the 'burden of the Lord' shall find that those lightly spoken words of his are in very deed a load upon him. PER...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE BURDEN OF THE LORD SHALL YE MENTION NO MORE... — The misused term was no longer to be applied to the messages of Jehovah. If men continued to apply it to the words of their own heart, they would f...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ מַשָּׂ֥א יְהוָ֖ה לֹ֣א תִזְכְּרוּ ־עֹ֑וד כּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Having thus passed in review the predecessors of Zedekiah on the throne of Judah, the prophet proceeded to deal with those who had been responsible for the failure of the people, the false kings and p...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's (d) word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God. (d) The thing which...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE BURDEN OF THE LORD SHALL BE MENTIONED NO MORE,.... Or the word of the Lord under that name, speaking of it in a ludicrous and scoffing manner: FOR EVERY MAN'S WORD SHALL BE HIS BURDEN; every...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God. Ver. 36. For every man'...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _For every man's word shall be his burden_ You shall be made severely to account for your loose and profane speeches, wherewith you deride and pervert the words and messages of God himself. Or, “Every...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the burden of the Lord shall ye mention no more, no more toss this expression about in mockery; FOR EVERY MAN'S WORD SHALL BE HIS BURDEN, that is, this expression, if used in such a jeering sense,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AGAINST THE FALSE PROPHETS...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE BURDEN OF THE LORD SHALL YE MENTION NO MORE; not in scorn and derision, as not believing there were any such judgments as they threaten; nor hardly, as if I sent yon no other messages but burdens....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 23:36 oracle H4853 LORD H3068 mention H2142 (H8799) mans H376 word H1697 oracle H4853 perverted H2015 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    BOTH JEREMIAH AND THE FALSE PROPHETS ARE FORBIDDEN TO USE THE PHRASE, ‘THE BURDEN OF YHWH' (JEREMIAH 23:33). God now puts a blanket ban on speaking of a ‘burden' from YHWH. This is not just arguing ab...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH'S DIATRIBE AGAINST THE PROPHETS, HEADED AS ‘CONCERNING THE PROPHETS' (JEREMIAH 23:9). Having set right the vision of the future, Jeremiah now turns on those who had been distorting that visio...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 23:1. _Woe be to the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep._ Princes are often called pastors, as Cyrus, Isaiah 44:28, because they enforce the laws and protect the people. Shallum, and...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—The chapter is an epilogue to the denunciations of the three kings in chap. 22. It must have been written and proclaimed about the beginnin...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION The first eight verses form the necessary conclusion of the group of discourses summarized in Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 22:1. Like Isaiah, our prophet follows up denunciation with consolation...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 23 God speaks out against those Pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture, saith the LORD (Jeremiah 23:1). God said, "They're My sheep, but these pastors are scattering...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 17:26; 1 Samuel 17:36; 1 Thessalonians 1:9; 2 Kings 19:4;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Mention no more — Not in scorn and derision. For — These false and irreverent speeches which are in every man's mouth, shall be burdensome to them, shall bring down vengeance upon them. Perverted — Be...

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