Jer 23:36 | JFB | STEP | 36. every man's word . . . his burden —As they mockingly call all prophecies burdens, as if calamities were the sole subject of prophecy, so it shall prove to them. God will take them at their own word. living God —not lifeless as their dumb idols, ever living so as to be able to punish.

Jeremiah 23:36

36. every man's word . . . his burden—As they mockingly call all prophecies burdens, as if calamities were the sole subject of prophecy, so it shall prove to them. God will take them at their own word.

living God—not lifeless as their dumb idols, ever living so as to be able to punish.