Text -- Jeremiah 23:34 (NET)

23:34 I will punish any prophet, priest, or other person who says “The Lord’s message is burdensome.” I will punish both that person and his whole family.’”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jer 23:34

¹ tn Heb “burden of the Lord.”

² tn Heb “And the prophet or the priest or the people [common person] who says, ‘The burden of the Lord,” I will visit upon [= punish] that man and his house.” This is an example of the Hebrew construction call nominative absolute or casus pendens (cf. GKC 458 §143.d).