Jeremías 23:36

36 Ya dejen de usar esta frase: “Una profecía del Señor
”. La gente la usa para darle importancia a sus propias ideas, tergiversando las palabras de nuestro Dios, el Dios viviente, el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales.

Jeremías 23:36 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 23:36

And the burden of the Lord shall be mentioned no more
Or the word of the Lord under that name, speaking of it in a ludicrous and scoffing manner: for every man's word shall be his burden;
every flout, scoff, and jeer of his, at the word of God, shall fall heavily upon him, with weight upon his conscience, and press him with guilt to the lowest hell; or, however, a heavy punishment for his sin shall light upon him: or, as the words may be rendered, "for his word is a burden to everyone" ^F21; that is, the word of the Lord is reckoned by everyone a burden; and with them a burden and the word of the Lord are synonymous terms; which ought not to be, and was offensive to the Lord; and therefore he forbids the use of such a phrase, and threatens to punish for it; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of
hosts, our God;
derided them, and put a wrong sense upon them; and which is aggravated by their being the words of "the living God", who is the true God and his words true; and he lives and is able to resent and punish any ill usage of him, and ill treatment of his words; and not the oracles of lifeless idols: and they are the words of "the Lord of hosts", of all armies above and below, and so was able to make them good: and besides, they were the words of "our God", the God of Israel; who had in all ages kept his covenant with them, performed his promises to them, and had done great and good things for them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (wrbd vyal hyhy avmh yk) "quia onus erit unicuique verbum suum", Schmidt; "[vel] verbum ejus, nempe, Dei", Dieu.

Jeremías 23:36 In-Context

34 »Si algún profeta, sacerdote o alguien más dice: “Tengo una profecía del Señor
”, castigaré a tal persona junto con toda su familia.

35 Ustedes deberán preguntarse el uno al otro: “¿Cuál es la respuesta del Señor
?” o “¿Qué dice el Señor
?”.

36 Ya dejen de usar esta frase: “Una profecía del Señor
”. La gente la usa para darle importancia a sus propias ideas, tergiversando las palabras de nuestro Dios, el Dios viviente, el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales.

37 »Esto deberás decir a los profetas: “¿Cuál es la respuesta del Señor
?” o “¿Qué dice el Señor
?”.

38 Pero supongamos que responden: “¡Esta es una profecía del Señor
!”. Entonces deberás decir: “Esto dice el Señor
: ‘Debido a que han usado la frase “una profecía del Señor
”, aun cuando les advertí que no la usaran,