Jeremiah 23:33
“Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’
BSB
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ASV
And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? then shalt thou say unto them, What burden! I will cast you off, saith Jehovah.
KJV
And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the Lord? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the Lord.
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Commentary
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21 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְכִי־ | ve.khi- | and if | H3588 → |
| יִשְׁאָלְךָ֩ | yish.'a.le.Kha | it will ask you | H7592 → |
| הָעָ֨ם | ha.'Am | the people | H5971 → |
| הַזֶּ֜ה | ha.Zeh | <the> this | H2088 → |
| אֽוֹ־ | 'ov- | or | H176 → |
| הַנָּבִ֤יא | ha.na.Vi' | the prophet | H5030 → |
| אֽוֹ־ | 'ov- | or | H176 → |
| כֹהֵן֙ | kho.Hen | a priest | H3548 → |
| לֵאמֹ֔ר | le.Mor | <to> saying | H559 → |
| מַה־ | mah- | what? | H4100 → |
| מַשָּׂ֖א | ma.Sa' | [is] [the] burden of | H4853 → |
| יְהוָ֑ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| וְאָמַרְתָּ֤ | ve.'a.mar.Ta | and you will say | H559 → |
| אֲלֵיהֶם֙ | 'a.lei.Hem | to them | H413 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| מַה־ | mah- | what? | H4100 → |
| מַשָּׂ֔א | ma.Sa' | burden | H4853 → |
| וְנָטַשְׁתִּ֥י | ve.na.tash.Ti | and I will abandon | H5203 → |
| אֶתְכֶ֖ם | 'et.Khem | <obj.> you | H853 → |
| נְאֻם־ | ne.'um- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
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