THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET JEREMIAH.

 JEREMIAH CHAPTER 23:36-40

36 And the burden of the LORD shall ye
mention no more: for every man’s word
shall be his burden; for ye have perverted
the words of the living God, of the LORD
of hosts our God.

37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet,
What hath the LORD answered thee? and,
What hath the LORD spoken?
38 But since ye say, The burden of the
LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD;
Because ye say this word, The burden of
the LORD, and I have sent unto you,
saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of
the LORD;
39 Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly
forget you, and I will forsake you, and the
city that I gave you and your fathers, and
cast you out of my presence:
40 And I will bring an everlasting
reproach upon you, and a perpetual
shame, which shall not be forgotten.