Jeremia 23:33

33 Und wenn dieses Volk, oder ein Prophet oder ein Priester dich fragt und spricht: Was ist die Last Jehovas? so sprich zu ihnen: Was die Last sei? Ich werde euch abwerfen, spricht Jehova.

Jeremia 23:33 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 23:33

And when this people, or a prophet, or a priest, shall ask
thee
Any of the people, who were grown very profane; or any of the false prophets, who encouraged them in their irreligion and impiety; or any of the priests, who were in combination with them against the true prophets of the Lord; when any of these, in a scoffing jeering manner, should ask the Prophet Jeremiah, saying, what [is] the burden of the Lord?
or prophesy in the name of the Lord, as the Targum; and because some of the prophecies are called "burdens", see ( Isaiah 13:1 ) ; hence, by way of derision, they called every one so; and because many of these, though not all, were predictions of judgments and calamities that were to come on men; therefore they accounted all that the true prophets brought from the Lord as such, and sneering asked, what bad news do you bring now? what calamities are now to befall us? as if he was always a bringer of evil tidings; thou shalt then say unto [them], what burden?
making as if he was ignorant of what they meant; or rather as expressing indignation and resentment at the question; do you ask me such a question? I will tell you what it is, as follows: though the words may be rendered without an interrogation, "thou shalt then say unto [them], that which is a burden" ^F20; which will fall heavy upon them, and be a burden unto them, and sink them down into ruin and destruction; I will even forsake you, saith the Lord;
so that they should have no more of his presence among them, or of prophecy with them, or of his protection of them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 (avm hm ta Mhyla trmaw) "dicito ad eos quodnam onus sit", Schmidt. So the Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Jeremia 23:33 In-Context

31 Siehe, ich will an die Propheten, spricht Jehova, die Zungen nehmen und sprechen: Er hat geredet.

32 Siehe, ich will an die, spricht Jehova, welche Lügenträume weissagen und sie erzählen und mein Volk irreführen mit ihrer Prahlerei; da ich sie doch nicht gesandt und sie nicht entboten habe, und sie diesem Volke gar nichts nützen, spricht Jehova.

33 Und wenn dieses Volk, oder ein Prophet oder ein Priester dich fragt und spricht: Was ist die Last Jehovas? so sprich zu ihnen: Was die Last sei? Ich werde euch abwerfen, spricht Jehova.

34 Und der Prophet und der Priester und das Volk, welche sagen werden: "Last Jehovas", diesen Mann und sein Haus werde ich heimsuchen.

35 Also sollt ihr sprechen, ein jeder zu seinem Nächsten und ein jeder zu seinem Bruder: Was hat Jehova geantwortet und was hat Jehova geredet?