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Jeremiah 23:34

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23:34I will punish any prophet, priest, or other person who says “The Lord’s message is burdensome.”100 I will punish both that person and his whole family.’ ”101

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  1. 100 Heb “burden of the Lord.”
  2. 101 Heb “And the prophet or the priest or the people [common person] who says, ‘The burden of the Lord,” I will visit upon [= punish] that man and his house.” This is an example of the Hebrew construction call nominative absolute or casus pendens (cf. §143.d).

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And as for the prophet, priest, or one of the people who says, ‘The burden of the Lord,’ I will punish that man and his household.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, ‘This is a message from the Lord,’ I will punish them and their household.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

As for the prophet, priest, or people who say, ‘The burden of the Lord,’ I will punish that man and his household.

NLTNew Living Translation

“If any prophet, priest, or anyone else says, ‘I have a prophecy from the Lord,’ I will punish that person along with his entire family.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the prophet, and the priest, and the people who say, ‘The burden of Yahweh,’ I will punish that man and his house.

KJV 1900King James Version

And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will even punish that man and his house.