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As for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, who shall say, The burden of Yahweh, I will even punish that man and his house.
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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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19th Century
Anglican
That shall say, The burden of the Lord.— The language thus put into the mouths of the false prophets is not that of deris…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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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Presbyterian
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…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, the prophet threatens those who mock the prophets. Just as they ridiculed Isaiah in his day, saying, “Command, command again, e…
