Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 23:37
A church father on this verse
“(Verses 37 onwards) And you pervert the words of the living God: the Lord of hosts, our God. This is what you say to the Prophet: What did the Lord respond to you, and what did the Lord say? But if you say the burden of the Lord. Up to this point, it is not found in the Septuagint, and it continues: Therefore, this is…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
37But wherefore, say ye, has the Lord our God spoken?
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In context
35Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What has the Lord answered? and, what has the Lord said?
36And do ye name no more the burden of the Lord; for his own word shall be a man’s burden.
— Jeremiah 23:37 —
38Therefore thus saith the Lord our God; Because ye have spoken this word, The burden of the Lord, and I sent to you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the Lord;
39therefore, behold, I will seize, and dash down you and the city which I gave to you and your fathers.