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33 “Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden (burden) of the LORD {YHWH}?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you⁺, declares the LORD.’ 34 As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, ‘This is the burden (burden) of the LORD {YHWH},’ I will punish that man and his household. 35 This is what each man is to say to his friend and to his brother: ‘What has the LORD {YHWH} answered?’ or ‘What has the LORD spoken?’ 36 But refer no more to the burden (burden) of the LORD {YHWH}, for each man’s word becomes the burden, so that you⁺ pervert the words of the living God {Elohim}, the LORD of Hosts, our God. 37 Thus you are to say to the prophet: ‘What has the LORD {YHWH} answered you?’ and ‘What has the LORD spoken?’ 38 But if you⁺ claim, ‘This is the burden (burden) of the LORD {YHWH},’ 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, 39 therefore I will surely forget you⁺ and will cast you⁺ out of My presence, both you⁺ and the city that I gave to you⁺ and your⁺ fathers. 40 And I will bring upon you⁺ everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.” Jeremiah 23:33-40, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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