Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.

General references

Bible References

What

Jeremiah 17:15

Behold, they keep saying to me,
“Where is the word of the Lord [that is, the disaster that you prophesied]?
Let it come now!”
Jeremiah 20:7

[Jeremiah said,] O Lord, You have persuaded me and I was deceived;
You are stronger than I and You have prevailed.
I am a laughingstock all day long;
Everyone mocks me.
Isaiah 13:1
The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw [in a prophetic vision]:
Isaiah 14:28
In the year that King Ahaz [of Judah] died this [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) came:
Nahum 1:1
The oracle (a burdensome message—a pronouncement from God) concerning Nineveh [the capital city of Assyria]. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh [which he saw in spirit and prophesied].
Habakkuk 1:1
The oracle (a burdensome message—a pronouncement from God) which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
Malachi 1:1
The oracle (burdensome message) of the word of the Lord to Israel through [My messenger] Malachi.

I

Jeremiah 23:39
Therefore behold, I, even I, will assuredly forget you and send you away from My presence, you and the city (Jerusalem) which I gave to you and to your fathers.
Jeremiah 12:7

“I have abandoned My house,
I have given up My [precious] inheritance (Judah);
I have given the [dearly] beloved of My life
Into the hands of her enemies.
Deuteronomy 31:17
Then My anger will be kindled and burn against them in that day, and I will abandon (turn away from) them and hide My face from them. They will be devoured, and many evils and troubles will come on them, so that they will say in that day, ‘Is it not because our God is not among us that these evils have come on us?’
Deuteronomy 32:19

“The Lord saw it, and rejected them,
Out of indignation with His sons and His daughters.
2 Chronicles 15:2
and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him [inquiring for and of Him, as your soul’s first necessity], He will let you find Him; but if you abandon (turn away from) Him, He will abandon (turn away from) you.
Psalm 78:59

When God heard this, He was filled with [righteous] wrath;
And utterly rejected Israel, [greatly hating her ways],
Hosea 9:12

Even though they bring up their children,
Yet I will bereave them until not one is left.
Indeed, woe (judgment is coming) to them when I look away and withdraw [My blessing] from them!

General references

Mark 8:13
Leaving them, He again boarded the boat and left for the other side.