Jeremiah 23:33-35

Good News Translation

The Lord's Burden

³³ The Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, when one of my people or a prophet or a priest asks you, ‘What is the Lord's message?’ you are to say, ‘You are a burden^[a] to the Lord, and he is going to get rid of you.’ ³⁴ If any of my people or a prophet or a priest even uses the words ‘the Lord's burden,’ I will punish them and their families. ³⁵ Instead, each one of them should ask their friends and their relatives, ‘What answer has the Lord given? What has the Lord said?’