Jeremiah 23:38 meaning and explanation
But if you claim, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ 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,
Jeremiah 23:38, Berean Standard Bible
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Jeremiah 23:38 comes near the end of a long oracle against prophets and priests who spoke their own words as if they were God's. The Hebrew word massa, "burden," was a technical term for a prophetic message, but the people had turned it into a slogan, using it to dress up their own claims with divine authority.
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