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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:33-40

Despising prophesyings. I. THE HONOR OF GOD IS BOUND UP WITH HIS WORD . 1. It expresses his character . A careful, gradual unfolding of himself in his attributes and personal relations. 2. It declares his will . The prophecies of God with his promises and appeals. 3. In its loftiest embodiment—Jesus Christ—it is identified with himself . ( John 1:1 .) II. HE WILL NOT SUFFER IT TO BE TREATED LIGHTLY . To do so would be to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 23:33

Burden - Here a prophecy, either(1) as being something weighty: or(2) a something said aloud.Isaiah brought the word into general use: Jeremiah never used it, though his predictions were all of impending evil. The false prophets, however, applied it in derision to Jeremiah’s prophecies, playing upon its double sense, and so turning solemn realities into mockery (see Jeremiah 23:34).What burden? - Or, according to another reading, Ye are the burden.I will even forsake you - Rather, and I will... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 23:33

Jeremiah 23:33. When this people, or the prophet, &c., shall ask thee, &c. “The remaining part of this chapter is directed against those who called the word of God, spoken by the true prophets, A BURDEN, by way of reproach; meaning that it always portended evil, and never good;” the word משׁא , a burden, generally signifying a calamitous prophecy. See note on Isaiah 13:1. “Ahab intended to cast the same slur on the Prophet Micaiah when he represented him as one that never prophesied... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:33-40

God’s burden (23:33-40)Prophets often spoke of their message as a ‘burden’ from God. It was a responsibility they had to discharge by announcing it to the people. Sometimes people went to prophets, particularly those whom Jeremiah calls false prophets, to ask them for a message, or burden, that would give them direction or guidance. God tells Jeremiah that if they ask him for a burden, he is to tell them that they are the burden. They are a burden so heavy that God cannot carry them any longer.... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 23:33

What burden? Septuagint, Vulgate, and Rashi, read "Ye yourselves are the burden". Compare Jeremiah 23:36 . forsake = reject. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:33

"And when this people, or a 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. And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house. Thus shall ye say everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to his brother, What hath Jehovah answered thee? and what hath Jehovah spoken? And the burden of Jehovah shall ye... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 23:33

Jeremiah 23:33. What is the burden— See Isaiah 13:1; Isaiah 13:22. As the scoffers and infidels make a derision of this term, they are forbidden to mention it any more as ambiguous; and, instead of inquiring, What is the burden of the Lord? they are commanded to say, What hath the Lord answered? &c. See Jer 23:35 and Newton on the Prophesies, vol. 1: p. 357. Instead of, I will even forsake you, we may read, I will disburden myself of you. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 23:33

33. What is the burden—play on the double sense of the Hebrew: an oracle and a burden. They scoffingly ask, Has he got any new burden (burdensome oracle: for all his prophecies are disasters) to announce ( :-)? Jeremiah indignantly repeats their own question, Do you ask, What burden? This, then, it is, "I will forsake you." My word is burdensome in your eyes, and you long to be rid if it. You shall get your wish. There will be no more prophecy: I will forsake you, and that will be a far worse... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 23:9-40

Prophecies about false prophets 23:9-40Having given a true prophecy about the future, Jeremiah proceeded to announce God’s judgment on the false prophets who were misleading His people with false prophecies (cf. Jeremiah 23:1). [Note: See Leon Wood, The Prophets . . ., ch. 7: "False Prophecy in Israel," for a good discussion of this subject, or Edward J. Young, My Servants the Prophets, ch. VII: "Prophets False and True."] This section consists of six different messages that Jeremiah delivered... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 23:33

When the people or the prophets or the priests asked Jeremiah what message he had received from the Lord, he was to reply that the Lord was going to abandon them. When they asked: "What is the burden of the Lord?" he was to respond: "You are a burden to Him and He will cast you off."The Hebrew word massa’, "oracle," comes from the same root as the verb nasa’, meaning "to lift, bear, or carry." Usually the noun refers to an imposed burden, imposed by a deity or master. Metaphorically it refers... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:33-40

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 23:33

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 23:33

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:33-40

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 23:33

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:33

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 23:33

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 23:33

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 23:9-40

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 23:33

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