Jeremiah 23:33
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’”
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““Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? then shalt thou say unto them, What burden! I will cast you off, saith Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And when this people, or the prophet, Or a priest, doth ask thee, saying, What <FI>is<Fi> the burden of Jehovah? Then thou hast said unto them: Ye <FI>are<Fi> the burden, and I have left you, An affirmation of Jehovah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 23:33 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 31:17On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
- Deuteronomy 32:19When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
- 2 Kings 23:27For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”
- 2 Chronicles 15:2So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
- Psalms 78:59On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.
- Isaiah 13:1This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
- Isaiah 14:28In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received:
- Jeremiah 6:30They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”
- Jeremiah 7:15And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.
- Jeremiah 12:7I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the love of My life into the hands of her enemies.
- Jeremiah 17:15Behold, they keep saying to me, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now!”
- Jeremiah 20:7You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
- Jeremiah 23:39therefore 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.
- Ezekiel 12:21Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Hosea 9:12Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!
- Nahum 1:1This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
- Habakkuk 1:1This is the burden that Habakkuk the prophet received in a vision:
- Malachi 1:1This is the burden of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi:
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