Jeremiah 23:36-38

New Catholic Bible

³⁶ But you must never again speak of “the burden of the Lord,” because each man’s word becomes his own burden, and you therefore pervert the words of the living God, the Lord of hosts, our God.

³⁷ Therefore, you are to ask a prophet, “What answer has the Lord given?” or “What has the Lord said?” ³⁸ But if you say “the burden of the Lord,” the Lord will reply, “Because you have used the words ‘the burden of the Lord’ when I forbade you to use that expression,