“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;”
The statement that if anyone says "burden of the LORD," God will say "you are the burden and I will cast you off" represents the complete rejection of false prophecy. The play on words shows that those who claim to bear God's burden will themselves become a burden to be discarded. The severity of the judgment matches the audacity of false prophecy. The verse represents the climax of God's rejection of false prophecy.
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