Jeremiah 23:34-36

Good News Translation

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?’ ³⁶ So they must no longer use the words ‘the Lord's burden,’ because if any of them do, I will make my message a real burden to them. The people have perverted the words of their God, the living God, the Lord Almighty.