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The Sin of Mocking God's Word
Commentators explain that the people, including false prophets and priests, were using the phrase "the burden of the Lord" in a mocking or jesting way. They had grown to hate God's warnings and treated His word with contempt. Scholars warn that this is a mark of "daring impiety," and making a jest of Scripture is a dangerous and abominable act.
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Jeremiah
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Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 23:34
19th Century
Bishop
That shall say, The burden of the Lord.— The language thus put into the mouths of the false prophets is not that of deris…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 23:34
16th Century
Theologian
Prophecy might indeed have been called a burden when anything sad was announced; but it might also have been so called when men were aroused to fea…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 23:34
17th Century
Pastor
And [as for] the prophet, and the priest, and the people
Be they one or the other, or all of them; no regard will be…
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Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 23:33–40
17th Century
Minister
Those are indeed miserable who are forsaken and forgotten by God; and people's jesting at God's judgments will not thwart them. God had taken Israe…