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The Danger of Mocking God
The people were sarcastically calling God's prophecies a "burden" to show their contempt. Commentators explain that God forbids this mocking term, highlighting the serious impiety of treating His divine messages with levity, disdain, or as a joke. Jesting with God's word is a sign of a hardened heart.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 23:36
18th Century
Theologian
Every man’s word ... - Rather, every man’s burden shall be his word; that is, his mocking use of the word “burden” shall weigh him down and …
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 23:36
19th Century
Bishop
The burden of the Lord shall ye mention no more ... —The misused term was no longer to be applied to the messages of Jeho…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 23:36
16th Century
Theologian
Jeremiah continues with the same subject: that everyone ought to calmly and meekly hear God speaking. He said, as we saw yesterday, that the prophe…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 23:36
17th Century
Pastor
And the burden of the Lord shall be mentioned no more
Or the word of the Lord under that name, speaking of it in a l…
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…