And when this people or a prophet or a priest asks you, “What is the burden of the LORD?” you shall answer, “You are the burden, and I cast you off”—oracle of the LORD. If a prophet or a priest or anyone else mentions “the burden of the LORD,” I will punish that man and his household. Thus you shall ask, when speaking to one another, “What answer did the LORD give?” or “What did the LORD say?” But “the burden of the LORD” you shall mention no more. For each of you, your own word becomes the...
Jeremiah 23:33–40