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Jeremiah 23:32-34
International Standard Version
Jeremiah 23:32-34
International Standard Version
32 Look, I’m against those who prophesy based on false dreams,” declares the Lord, “and relate them and lead my people astray with their lies and their recklessness. I didn’t send them; I didn’t command them, and they provide no benefit at all to these people,” declares the Lord.
The Oracle-Burden[a] of the Lord
33 “Jeremiah,[b] when these people, the prophet, or a priest ask you,[c] ‘What is the oracle[d] of the Lord?’ say to them, ‘You are the burden,[e] and I’ll cast you out,’” declares the Lord. 34 “As for the prophet, the priest, or the people who say, ‘I have[f] an oracle of the Lord,’ I’ll judge that person and his household.
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- Jeremiah 23:33 An oracle is a message that claims to be a revelation from the Lord. The same Heb. word means both oracle and burden, and this entire section invokes a word play between the two meanings of this Heb. word.
- Jeremiah 23:33 The Heb. lacks Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 23:33 I.e. the prophet Jeremiah; MT is masculine sing.
- Jeremiah 23:33 Or burden
- Jeremiah 23:33 Or oracle; MT reads What oracle?
- Jeremiah 23:34 The Heb. lacks I have
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