Jeremiah 23:38
Good News Translation
And if they disobey my command and use the words 'the LORD's burden,' then tell them that

New Revised Standard Version
But if you say, “the burden of the LORD,” thus says the LORD: Because you have said these words, “the burden of the LORD,” when I sent to you, saying, You shall not say, “the burden of the LORD,”

Contemporary English Version
But if you disobey me and say, "Here is news from the LORD,"

New American Bible
But if you ask about “the burden of the LORD,” then thus says the LORD: Because you use this phrase, “the burden of the LORD,” though I forbade you to use it,

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if you shall say: The burden of the Lord: therefore thus saith the Lord: Because you have said this word: The burden of the Lord: and I have sent to you, saying: Say not, The burden of the Lord:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But if you shall say: The burden of the Lord: therefore thus saith the Lord: Because you have said this word: The burden of the Lord: and I have sent to you, saying: Say not, The burden of the Lord:

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Context
False Oracles
37Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: What hath the Lord answered thee? and what hath the Lord spoken? 38But if you shall say: The burden of the Lord: therefore thus saith the Lord: Because you have said this word: The burden of the Lord: and I have sent to you, saying: Say not, The burden of the Lord:39Therefore behold I will take you away carrying you, and will forsake you, and the city which I gave to you, and to your fathers, out of my presence.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 23:37
Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: What hath the Lord answered thee? and what hath the Lord spoken?

Jeremiah 23:39
Therefore behold I will take you away carrying you, and will forsake you, and the city which I gave to you, and to your fathers, out of my presence.

Jeremiah 23:37
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