Jeremiah 23:33-40

International Standard Version

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. ³⁵ This is what you should say to one another and among yourselves,^[g] ‘What has the Lord answered?’ or ‘What has the Lord said?’ ³⁶ But you are to no longer mention^[h] the oracle of the Lord, because the oracle is only for the person to whom the Lord gives his message,^[i] and you have overturned the words of the living God, the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, our God. ³⁷ This is what you should say to the prophet, ‘What has the Lord answered?’ or ‘What has the Lord said?’ ³⁸ Since you’re saying, ‘We have an oracle of the Lord,’^[j] therefore this is what the Lord says: He will answer your message with this message, ‘Burden^[k] of the Lord,’ and I’ll send you away with these words: ‘Don’t say, “Oracle of the Lord.”’ ³⁹ Therefore I’ll surely forget you and cast you and the city I gave you and your ancestors out of my presence. ⁴⁰ I’ll bring on you everlasting reproach and everlasting humiliation that won’t ever^[l] be forgotten.”